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title: Does vitamin D and calcium help with menstrual migraines and PMS?
description: Yes. Both women had major reduction in headache attacks and premenstrual symptoms within 2 months. This suggests the treatment may help, but only two women we
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/vitamin-d-and-calcium-in-menstrual-migraine-1994/
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Case report, 1994

# Does vitamin D and calcium help with menstrual migraines and PMS?

Yes. Both women had major reduction in headache attacks and premenstrual symptoms within 2 months. This suggests the treatment may help, but only two women were treated so we cannot be sure it works for everyone.

 Early or limited evidence

Two premenopausal women with menstrual migraines and premenstrual syndrome

## What they did

Two premenopausal women with menstrual migraines and premenstrual syndrome were treated with a combination of vitamin D and calcium. Improvement was noted within 2 months.

## What they found

Both women had a major reduction in headache attacks and premenstrual symptoms within 2 months of treatment.

## What it means for you

This suggests vitamin D and calcium may help menstrual migraines and PMS symptoms. The main limit is that only two women were studied, so we cannot know if the treatment works for others with similar symptoms.

2

women treated

2 months

time to improvement

## About the study

Original title Vitamin D and calcium in menstrual migraine Authors Thys-Jacobs S Journal Headache Year 1994 Study design Case report What was tested Vitamin D and calcium combination Read the paper [doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4610.1994.hed3409544.x](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4610.1994.hed3409544.x)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Pain and headache](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-pain/)[Calcium](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-calcium/)[Vitamin D](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-vitamin-d/)[Migraine](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-migraine/)

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