By the way, doctor: How can caffeine help migraines?
Perhaps there's another explanation for caffeine's effect, but it's clear from experience that caffeine, especially in the form of coffee, helps many people with migraines. But there are individual differences — in migraine and in the response to caffeine. For some, caffeine triggers migraines.
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