Complementary, Holistic, and Integrative Medicine: Headaches

• Many families use complementary therapies to prevent recurrent headaches. • Scientific studies suggest that managing stress, preventing and treating deficiencies of essential nutrients, treating with massage or acupuncture, and taking select nutritional supplements can help reduce the frequency and severity of migraine headaches with few adverse effects. • Additional research is needed to evaluate the costeffectiveness of widely used therapies such as riboflavin, fish oil, feverfew, 5-HTP, CoQ10, osteopathy, and chiropractic in preventing pediatric headaches. • Clinicians should be aware of which studies have been conducted specifically in children and adolescents.