Sydney researchers to treat migraines with vitamin therapy

Sydney medical experts have issued a callout for migraine sufferers interested in participating in a new trial exploring whether vitamin therapy can be used as an effective treatment the condition.

The trial, run by the Notre Dame University Medical School, will investigate whether Vitamins C and E, combined with an anti-free radical compound called N-acetylcysteine (NAC), can help reduce inflammation and the severity of attacks.

Where migraine specific drugs such as ergots and triptans help by causing widened blood vessels in the brain to narrow, relieving the pain, the new vitamin therapy will target inflammation on the brain's outer membrane by removing free radicals – a potential migraine trigger.

Researchers are recruiting 90 people for the trial to see if the capsules, taken twice a day for three months, can make a difference.

Migraine sufferer Emanuela D'Urso, 59, said she has tried every medication to help control her migraine attacks.

“There's still not a cure. They're all Band-Aid treatments. You're really going from one to the next,” she told 9NEWS.

“It affects your family, your children – I really feel bad they've had to witness their mother going through this.”

Those interested in participating in the trial can find more information here.