Acupuncture Effective for Migraine

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Acupuncture has been shown to be as effective as standard drug therapy for reducing migraine attacks, according to a German study, but the same effectiveness was observed with sham acupuncture. This raises questions about the efficacy of both drug treatments and acupuncture. The discussion highlights concerns about study recruitment, suggesting that patients whose medications are effective may not participate in such studies. Additionally, it is noted that migraine medications often lose effectiveness over time, leading patients to frequently switch treatments.
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... Acupuncture for migraine patients proved as effective as standard drug therapy in reducing the number of attacks -- but so did sham acupuncture, according to a German study. [continued]
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/Migraines/tb/2778

So what is the conclusion here; that the drugs are just as much as sham as the acupuncture? :biggrin:
 
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Well, it seems to be the case. Then again, I'd be curious about how they recruited their study volunteers. Afterall, if your medication is working, are you going to bother enrolling in a study to find out if acupuncture will treat your migraines? Though, medications don't work well for migraines, and in talking to one physician about migraines, he told me it was also really common that the medications would work initially, but stop working after taking them a while, so patients were often switching to new medications.
 

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