Read user comments about the side effects, benefits, and effectiveness of RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2).
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Reviewer: 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Consumer)
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Reviewer: NurseeHA, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years
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2 yrs ago, I started B2 (Riboflavin 400mg) twice a day for chronic migraine & hemiplegic migraine conditions, upon the recommendation of Headache Specialist MD. It has been extremely helpful for the facial & extremity parasthesias (numbness & tingling) that accompany the headache syndromes. Migraines reduced in frequency & intensity by 30-40%. I can tell the difference if I run o
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Reviewer: olga K_, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months
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I have being taking it to prevent my migraine headaches for about two months now. It significantly reduced the number and intensity of my headaches. Recently however I started having problems sleeping at night (often wake up during the night) and instead falling asleep during the day. I am not sure if that is a side effect of B2 or if that is something else; I am wondering if anybody else who is
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Reviewer: Ruthie, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Consumer)
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I have been on Vitamin B2 for quite some time for the treatment of Migraines. It worked very well and I was doing so good, I thought I could
go off it, but now I have been getting the Migraines again.
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female
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Absolutely prevents migraine attacks for me. I was surprised at the results and wasn't sure it was this vitamin that was working so quit taking them for a while...I quickly started again as within weeks the migraine attacks started up again. I went from 3 or 4 headaches a week to one a month. Only problem is once in a while I have trouble finding the 400mg capsule. It seems to be more effective
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