What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About(TM): Migraines: The Breakthrough Program That Can Help End Your Pain [Paperback]

Alexander Mauskop (Author), Barry Fox (Author)

Book Description

Series: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About... | Publication Date: August 1, 2001

Providing details of the pros and cons of common prescription medications, this text explains Dr. Mauskop's patient-tested, seven-step programme for migraine relief. It includes tips on avoiding migraine triggers in food, the home & the environment.

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About the Author

Barry Fox, PhD, is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including the New York Times bestseller The Arthritis Cure. He serves as chair on the Consumer Advisory Cuncil of the American Nutraceutical Association and editor-in-chief of Natraceutical Report an online health journal. He has made more than 200 guest appearances on national and regional television and radio.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; 1St Edition edition (August 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446678260
• ISBN-13: 978-0446678261
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,907 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You don't have to suffer from headaches., November 22, 2002

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D. R. Schryer (Poquoson, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About(TM): Migraines: The Breakthrough Program That Can Help End Your Pain (Paperback)

Most people seem to regard headaches as a natural consequence of the stresses of life. I used to think this way myself -- one or more headaches were a weekly occurrence for me. Then I began to learn about the importance of vitamins and minerals in human health and starting taking nutrient supplements including magnesium and B vitamins. Since then my headaches have virtually disappeared.

One of the major causes of headaches -- including migraines -- is deficiency of magnesium, which is a natural relaxant. And studies have found that about 80% of Americans don't get enough magnesium in their diet. The result is that Americans suffer inordinately from headaches (including migraines), muscle cramps, and various forms of anxiety and stress disorders. But magnesium deficiency --which causes these ailments -- is easily remedied by taking supplemental magnesium. The preferred form of supplemental magnesium is chelated magnesium because it is readily absorbed by the body and because other forms of magnesium supplements sometimes cause diarrhea.

As pointed out by the authors of this book, the B vitamin niacin and the herb feverfew are also helpful in preventing and treating migraine headaches. If you suffer from migraines -- or any form of headaches -- please read this book. And, to help optimize your health, be sure you get enough magnesium and B vitamins as well as other essential nutrients.

51 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fighting headaches the Mauskop way, September 1, 2001

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Harvey S. Karten "Director, NY Film Critics O... (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About(TM): Migraines: The Breakthrough Program That Can Help End Your Pain (Paperback)

You may have seen headlines in your local newspaper from time
to time that go something like this: "Saddam Hussein Continues
to Cause Headaches for President Bush." You think: doesn't this
trivialize the tense relationship that the U.S. has with Iraq--to
equate this long-term, antagonistic connection with a mere
headache? Quite the reverse. Ask migraine sufferers: they'll tell
you that the excrutiating pain has often driven them to thoughts
of suicide.

Headaches are no laughing matter, but for the past twenty years
or so, Dr. Alexander Mauskop has helped thousands of
agonized victims of the malady in the offices of the New York
Headache Center. An associate professor of neurology at
Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, Mauskop has
focused his practice exclusively on the treatment of headaches,
the migraine version affecting some twenty-five million Americans
(70% women). He has pushed back the frontiers of knowledge in
his books for the layman and articles in professional journals.

Preferring alternative therapy over prescription drugs, he often
starts patients off with biofeedback and acupuncture, moving on
to both prophylactic (preventive) therapies and abortive drugs in
his skirmishes against cerebral soreness.

What is it that your own doctor may not tell you about migraines--
as the suggestive title seductively suggests? Most doctors tell
you little about headache treatment beyond "take two aspirins
and call me in the morning," because they simply do not keep up
with the research, but Mauskop tells us plenty in this easy-to-
read volume replete with anecdotes, humor, and insight. His
treatment du jour, which he personally developed from research
with scores of patients, is the use of a product that combines
magnesium, riboflavin and feverfew; i.e. a mineral often found
deficient in chronic sufferers, a vitamin that works because, well,
who knows why...and a herb which has often been used

especially by Europeans in their fight against pain but which is
only recently commanding the attention of Americans.

While this triple therapy may not reduce headaches for everyone
who tries it (allow 4-6 weeks for the supplement to take effect),
there are many other programs that an individual can employ.
Mauskop describes isometric exercises and ordinary physical
activities that can indeed help to strengthen neck muscles and
provide an overall sense of well-being, but since headaches may
plague the patient even after using these techniques, "What Your
Doctor May Not Tell You" lists a barrage of prescription drugs of
various sorts that can be summoned to service, from the
relatively benign to those containing narcotic agents.

Don't let the ease of delivery fool you. "What Your Doctor May
Not Tell You About Migraines" gives headache sufferers valuable
information on the latest approaches to attacking a malady that
could well be more effective than what our ancestors in Egypt
employed. A doctor in the time of the pharaohs might bore a
hole in your head to let the evil spirits out. They had one thing
right: headaches are the work of the Devil. This book could
provide the exorcism you seek.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good information, but limited, October 5, 2007

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This review is from: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About(TM): Migraines: The Breakthrough Program That Can Help End Your Pain (Paperback)

The book describes nutritional ways to combat migraines (trigger foods to avoid) and indicates that one should take magnesium, feverfew, and riboflavin. If that doesn't work, it recommends drugs. The magnesium-feverfew-riboflavin didn't work for me (though I don't doubt it may work well for others). My problem with the book is that there are other supplements that can help. For instance, I read (elsewhere) that taking melatonin can help prevent early morning migraines. This has indeed prevented my early morning migraines. So, I would recommend reading the book, but be advised the information is not comprehensive.