Systematic Review: Acupuncture vs Standard Pharmacological Therapy for Migraine Prevention

• Published in: Headache Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 309 - 317
• Main Authors: Zhang, Niushen, Houle, Tim, Hindiyeh, Nada, Aurora, Sheena K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2020
• Subjects: Acupuncture; Clinical trials; Drug therapy; Headache; Heterogeneity; Migraine; Neurology; Patients; Pharmacology; Prevention; preventive medications; Quality assessment; Randomization; review; Side effects; Systematic review; Therapy; acupuncture; migraine; preventive medications; review

Background Standard pharmacological treatment of migraine has many shortcomings. Acupuncture is becoming a more widely used therapy for the prevention and treatment of migraine, but its effectiveness is still in question when compared to the pharmacological treatments even though very few of these h...