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Can McDonald’s Cure Your Migraine? Debunking the Viral McMigraine Trend (www.mcgill.ca)
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TikTok’s newest wellness trend is the McMigraine order—a Coke and McDonald’s fries that allegedly hold the miracle cure for migraines. We dug into these claims, finding that once again, an online trend is no replacement for a doctor.

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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

If your "migraine" is just a headache brought on by sugar and caffiene withdrawal, yeah that'd work.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago

    Exactly, or sodium or electrolytes.

    When it started popping up, it came off like some twisted marketing scheme. I hope this doesn't become the new, "have you tried lavender essential oils?"

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    • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    If you use TikTok for medical advice, the migraine is likely your brain attempting to work and failing.

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That wall of text makes my head hurt.

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    • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Caffeine can help relieve migraines for some people, and if the migraine was triggered by dehydration the sodium and some hydration together could be helping as well.

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