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Was there placebo control? Pain is a notoriously good responder to suggestion.

• DanBC 10y ago
  From the article: "This is also the case for reducing the number of migraine attacks by at least 50% a month, an outcome considered useful by patients, and one known to improve quality of life. Success rates were about 2 in 10 with doing nothing (waiting list), 4 in 10 with fake acupuncture, 4-6 in 10 with real acupuncture, and 5 in 10 with drugs. Acupuncture as practiced by an authentic method is possibly helpful, but to only about 1 in 10 people more than fake acupuncture." It's hard to do sham acupuncture.