Abstract
AbstractAcupuncture is often recommended as an effective therapy to migraineurs without having an evidence-based rationale. The main objective of this pilot study was to evaluate the effect of standard acupuncture as add-on therapy to pharmacological attack-treatment in migraineurs. A secondary objective was to identify potential pitfalls that could be addressed when planning the protocol of a larger acupuncture study.Thirty-nine patients with a diagnosis of migraine without aura (32 women and 7 men, aged between 26 and 50 years, mean age 41 years) were recruited at a headache clinic. The patients were randomised to two treatment groups: a group (n = 20) where acupuncture was given as add-on therapy to pharmacological attack-treatment and a control group (n = 19), where no acupuncture was used. Acupuncture was given once or twice a week for 4-6 weeks, making a total of 7-10 sessions. The participants were instructed to keep headache diaries in which they registered days with migraine throughout the study....
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