Magnesium supplements for sleep

Magneisum pills arranged in the letters MG next to a bottle.

Aug 5, 2024 - Magnesium mystery: “I don't know how this completely works, but they respond to magnesium,” says UW Pediatrics' Dr. Cora Bruener about the supplement’s use for adolescent migraines and tension headaches. Others use it as a sleep aid. Breuner says she uses magnesium in some adolescent patients — not as a sleep aid, but to treat migraines and tension headaches. “I don't know how this completely works, but they respond to magnesium,” says Breuner, who is the lead author of a forthcoming policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics on the safety of supplements. Read more at NPR.