The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-05
CALCIUM FOR MIGRAINE
HEADACHES

! have received so many teStlmOn-
ials like the following that I begin
to think there may be something more
| than coincidence in it. wish our
readers who have migraine would give
the thing a clinical test and report
what results they experience. If a
thousand migraine sufferers were to
do that, we'd have something tangible
to 60 on:
Another important cure you
have achieved in our family is the
calcium lactate you suggested for
my migraine headaches. I could
write a book on how have suf-
fered days in bed crazy with pain.
The warning of numbness and
| spots before my eyes was enough
to cause suicide before the attack
in full. Have taken the calcium
| lactate only few months and
| not regularly. but will always keep
some on hand and in my system.
For over Is years I suffered-had
tried many things to help, but
with little benefit until you told
me of calcium lactate. The only
DcTlOUS VI tCAPOAoAy ACAASA = AAe>N
were when I was nursing babies,
when the attacks were few. But
now there hasn't been severe
attack since I began taking CAL
cium lactate.
BY the way, hope any other read
ers who may report about this Will be
good enough to tell me briefly how
long they have been subject to mi
graine, how frequent the attacks,
what the premonitory or warning
signs of attacks are, whether vomit-
ing occurs, whether the attacks put
them in bed. and the present age.
The use of calcium Uime) in any
form is based on the observation that
in many cases of migraine there is a
deficiency in calcium metabolism.
Calcium lactate is selected because
it is fairly soluble and perhaps less
likely to irritate the stomach than
other forms of lime. A fair dose for
anybody to take is 10 grains Of CAL
cium lactate Gin powder or in tab
lets, or in solution in a syrupy or
sweetened elixer) three times a day.
after food. This should be continued
daily 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, it may be taken
once day or just few times a week,
or, in some cases a second course OF
eight or 10 weeks may be taken a
year later.
It is my theory or rather a theory
which seems good to me, that the
metabolism or utilization Of calcium
Oime) in the body Is favored or pro-
NOTED by the following. which mi
graine victims may or may not care
to employ along with the calcium
lactate medication:
l. Exposure of the naked skin to
sunlight, or II sunlight Is not avail
able, then ultraviolet rays from any
carbon arc or mercury vapor quartz
lamp.
2. A daily dose of cod liver oil.
3. In some cases parthyroid gland
hormone-which, of course. can be
had only from your own physician.
Calcium lactate may be bought II
any good drug store. It decomposes
on long keeping. It should make 9
clear or nearly clear solution In wa.
ter. If the solution contains a white
precipitate or cloud the calcium lac.
tate is not fresh and should not be
used.
I have no definite knowledge Of thu
value of calcium lactate as a remed,
in other forms of headache than mi.
graine, but some physicians have
found it helpful in certain cases O
dull heavy throbbing ache in thu
frontal and temporal regions, which
patients have on awakening in thu
morning.