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“Acupuncture leads to persisting, clinically relevant benefits for primary care patients with chronic headache, particularly migraine. Expansion of NHS acupuncture services should be considered.”
Vickers AJ, Rees RW, Zollman CE, et al. Acupuncture for chronic headache in primary care: large, pragmatic, randomized trial. BMJ. Mar 27, 2004; 328(7442):744; Açu Research II
“Electroacupuncture to distal points alone is effective for short-term symptomatic relief of tension-type headache.”
Xue C, Dong L, Polus B, et al. Electroacupuncture for tension-type headache on distal acupoints only: a randomized, controlled, crossover trial. Headache 2004; 44(4):333-41
“According to international cost-effectiveness threshold values, acupuncture is a cost-effective treatment in patients with primary headache.”
Witt CM, Reinhold T, Jena S, et al. Cost-effectiveness of acupuncture treatment in patients with headache. Cephalalgia. 2008 Apr;28 (4):334-45
“Acupuncture could be a valuable non-pharmacological tool in patients with frequent episodic or chronic tension-type headaches.”
Linde K, Allais G, Brinkhaus B, et al. Acupuncture for tension-type headache. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Jan 21;(1):CD007587