A review of studies involving nearly 4,000 patients with migraine, tension headache and other forms of chronic headache showed that that 62 percent of the acupuncture patients reported headache relief compared to 45 percent of people taking medications, a research team at Duke University reports.
"With acupuncture, people experience significantly fewer side effects and it can be less expensive than other options," Dr. Tong Joo Gan, who led the study, said in a statement.
According to the study, 53 percent of patients given true acupuncture were helped, compared to 45 percent receiving sham therapy involving needles inserted in non-medical positions.
It took on average five to six visits for patients to report headache relief.
"This analysis reinforces that acupuncture is a successful source of relief from chronic headaches," Dr. Gan concluded.
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Metastudy: Acupuncture for Treating Migraine, Tension and other Chronic Headaches
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I've been commenting on your blog rather frequently of late. Thanks for covering topics of interest!
I'm in the midst of aggressive (meaning, to me, every other day) chiropractics and acupuncture. I'm retired on disability from Meniere's Syndrome and Migraine Disease.
I'm slowly finding relief for some aspects of both conditions but attacks of both conditions still come and they still need management.
Not a cure for me but absolutely helpful.
Thanks so much for your information. Acupuncture helps so many chronic disorders. My mom uses it for the lymphodema she has from her lymphnode removal during her breast cancer surgery.
My mom actually got her migraines fixed with acupuncture. Or so she claims...
Sorry all I am not returning the comments - I do read whenever you post though, I promise :) .
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