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American Chronicle - A recent study done in Italy and reported in the Journal of Traditional Chinese medicine compared the effect of acupuncture for migraine headaches versus conventional pain killer therapy.

One of the most interesting features of this study is that each patient was given a complete examination prior to the start of the test. This allowed the therapy to be tailored to the individual causation of each patient’s condition.

There is no cookie cutter treatment that is correct for everyone. When a study is done using the exact same points for the exact same duration, the results are going to be skewed and worthless.

What are the symptoms of migraines? Not all are preceded by preliminarily symptoms, or auras, but if they are, they symptoms associated with an impending migraine usually involve some kind of vision disturbance such as:

* Bright or dark sport (sometimes resembling champagne bubbles)
* Tunnel vision
* Zigzag lines ( called fortification spectra)

The aura is followed by an intense crescendo of a headache, frequently behind one eye or on one side of the head. the may be pounding, throbbing, viselike, or stabbing; frequently it feels like the head is going to explode from pressure. Other symptoms that can accompany the headache of a migraine include.

* sensitivity to light
* nausea
* vomiting

The study showed that for was generally more effective than a series of killing drugs administered to the control group. What was more interesting is that the study looked at other factors beside the reduction. It also evaluated such things as the cost of the treatments and the time patients would have been unable to work under both treatments. It was in these areas that even more startling results were found.

The results indicated that for migraine was not only a slightly more effective treatment for severe cases, but also resulted in considerable savings when viewed from a socio-economic point of view.

Many in the Western medical establishment give a reluctant nod of acceptance as a treatment alternative for , but few have been made aware of how much more cost efficient and economically beneficial these treatments can be. There is certainly a need for more studies of this type that treat alternative medicine with a serious attitude and do not design the study to debunk what they already do not accept.

are one of the leading causes of lost time in the workplace in the United States. It is estimated that the cost of absenteeism from the estimated 157 million lost work days is over US$50b yearly when medical expenses are included. An additional US$4b is spent on killers for and other types of headaches.

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2 Responses to “Acupuncture is more effective, cheaper alternative to pain killers for migraines”

  1. lyndonmaxewell on April 30th, 2007 12:56 am

    yea, I would agree with you. Sometimes, Chinese medicine just rules over the western methods!

  2. susanna.ng on April 30th, 2007 2:11 pm

    well, i’d say not always. for myself, many herbs could trigger allergic reactions. but acupuncture is working, especially dealing with all kinds of pain.

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