| CoQ10 benefits for migraine sufferers could bring | | | | deficiency of the coenzyme may be a common |
| help and hope to the millions whose lives are | | | | factor in pediatric and adolescent migraine. The |
| disrupted by painful, disabling headaches. | | | | study authors recommended further study but |
| More than two decades of medical research has | | | | suggested that supplementation could result in |
| proven that Coenzyme Q10, a natural substance | | | | clinical improvement. |
| that is found in every cell, plays an important role | | | | Antioxidant, energy production functions both |
| in many aspects of health. It is essential to | | | | important in migraine prevention |
| healthy metabolism and organ function, and it has | | | | It is believed that coQ10's ability to prevent |
| been shown to be effective in the treatment of | | | | migraines is related to it's role in the creation of |
| Parkinson's disease, macular degeneration, and | | | | energy at the cellular level. The coemzyme is |
| heart disease. | | | | found in the mitochondria, or power source, of all |
| May reduce migraine episodes by 50% or more | | | | living cells, and one of its primary functions is |
| It's effectiveness in preventing migraines has also | | | | energy production. Researchers speculate that |
| been demonstrated. In an open label trial with a | | | | migraines may be triggered by a decrease in |
| group of 30 migraine patients, supplemental | | | | mitochondrial energy reserves. It is suggested |
| dosage of CoQ10 significantly reduced the number | | | | that supplementation keeps mitochondrial energy |
| of migraine episodes over the four month period | | | | high and prevents the migraine trigger from |
| of the study. In 61% of the participants, the | | | | tripping. |
| number of migraine episodes was reduced by half. | | | | In addition to its function in energy production, |
| Study data suggested that it takes from one to | | | | CoQ10's powerful antioxidant properties could help |
| three months of regular supplementation to | | | | migraine sufferers. Antioxidants are vitamins, |
| achieve the optimum results. It also indicated that | | | | minerals, and enzymes that can neutralize the |
| the coenzyme is equally effective in preventing | | | | damaging effects of free radicals, chemically |
| both classic migraine (migraine with aura) and | | | | unstable molecules produced by the process of |
| common migraine (migraine without aura). | | | | cellular oxidation. Free radical damage has been |
| A 2006 study of more than 1,550 adolescents | | | | implicated in migraines and other types of |
| who suffered frequent headaches concluded that | | | | headaches. |