Supplements / Conditional
Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)
Best for: Nutritional coverage
Dose & timing
- Dose
- 400 mg daily for migraine prevention; far lower (1–2 mg) for general adequacy.
- Timing
- Morning with food; expect bright-yellow urine — that's harmless.
- Review
- Reassess after 12 weeks for migraine endpoints.
- Forms
- riboflavin, riboflavin-5-phosphate
What this supplement is for
- One of the better-evidenced single-supplement migraine prevention tools; cheap and very safe.
- General-population deficiency is rare in well-fed adults.
When the engine routes this to you
- If you reported a migraine pattern: studied for migraine frequency in prophylaxis trials.
- If B-vitamin-relevant signs converged in your answers (e.g. cracks at the corners of the mouth, low fish or dairy intake) — riboflavin is one component; a B-complex may be a better starting point: studied for B2/B6 status in suspected mild inadequacy.
What to look for in a product
- Preferred third-party verification: USP Verified.
- Common contamination risks: Mislabeling / identity.
- Form: Plain riboflavin (or R5P) at 400 mg/day is the classic migraine-prevention dose.
Where to get it
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Your experience
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We frame these as personal experience, not medical claims. Self-reported subjective outcomes are influenced by placebo, regression to the mean, and parallel lifestyle changes. We’ll never present ratings as equivalent to RCT evidence.
Evidence sources
- Riboflavin for migraine prophylaxis (reviewed 2026-04-30)
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