The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-30
CALCIUM FOR MIGRAINE HEADACHES

have received so many testihonii'" ~ i ,o ~ following that I begin to think there may pc something more than coincidence In IL. "1sh our readers who have migraine woula sNo s,its .m thtnp a clinical test and report whaI resuie' they experience If thousand nlgraihe ,, nui ferers were to do that, we'd have sohnelhhis tangible to go on , ,,ouoa in our family IS the calcium lactate you sus pested for my migraine headaches. couiu write a book on how 1 have suffered days III bed crazy with pain. The warning ol hui1'pheso '" and spots before my eyes was enoush .o ~ cauoe suicide before the attack In 1uli. lave tahe'' inc calcium lactate only a few months ana not regularly, but will always keep some on mana and in my system. For over ID yeaSs suicIeu had tried many things to help, but with nltie benefit until you told me of calcium lactate Ihe only periods of temporary relief l had were when I nursing babies, when the at.acks were few. But now there hasn't been severe attack since I began taking calcium lactate' By the way, I hope any other readers who may report about this will be good enough 10 tell me briefly how long they have been sub. feet to migraine. how frequent the attacKs put them in bed, and the present age. The use of calcium Qime) in any form Is based on the observation that in many cases or migraine there is a deficiency in calcium meta bolsm. . Calcium lacate is selected because 1t is fair y soluble and perhaps less likely to irrltate the stomach than other forms of lime. A lar dose for anybody to take is 10 grains of calcium Iactate Gin powder in tablets, or in solution in syrupy or sweetened elixer) three times a day, after food. This should be continued daiiy for a period of not less than eight or 10 weeks, in order to give the treatment fair trial. After that, if it seems beneficial, 1t may be taken once a day or just few times q week. or, in some cases second course of eight or ID weeks may be taken q year later.
 It Is my theory or rather a theory whlcn seems good to me, that the metabolism or util- ization of calcium (lime) in the body Is favored or promoted by the following, which migraine victimA may may not care to employ along with the calcium lactate medication:
 l. Exposure of the naked skin to sunlight, or if sunlight is not available, then ultraviolet rays from any carbon or mercury vapor quartz lamp.
 g. daily dose of cod liver oil,
 s. In some cases parathyr0id gland nor mone--which, of course. can be had only from your own physician.
 Calcium Iactate may be bought in any good drug store. It decomposes on long keeping It should make clear or nearly clear solution In water. If the solution contains white precipitate or cloud the calcium lactate Is not fresh and should not be usec ..
 have no definite knowledge of the value or calcium actate as remedy in other forms Of headache than mlgrnne. but some physlcians have found 1t helpful in certain cases of dull poral regions. which patients have on awaken ing in the morning.
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