Select a community
Parkinson's
Find out more about the PatientsLikeMe
Parkinson's Community
Home > Community Treatment Reports > Acupuncture Treatment Report

See More Treatments

See all treatments in the PatientsLikeMe system shared by patients just like you.


Acupuncture Treatment Report

See also: Moxibustion Heat Therapy

What is Acupuncture? Acupuncture is a technique of inserting and manipulating needles into specific points on the body. These lie on 'chi meriridans', lines of energy flowing through the body from specific organs. Acupuncture aims to disrupt blockages of chi energy that accumulate in these points to improve health. Read more...Click to read more below


Reasons had

42 patients in the community are having or have had Acupuncture.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Treat Parkinson's 20 47%
Stiffness/Spasticity 5 11%
Other 4 9%
General health 4 9%
Stress 1 2%
to open flow of energy. Theory energy blockages preceeds physical illness 1 2%
Mobility 1 2%
disease-related symptoms 1 2%
Insomnia 1 2%

Other procedures patients are having for Treat Parkinson's include Carbidopa-Levodopa, Ropinirole, and Pramipexole.

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 7 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 25% 1
Moderate 50% 2
Slight 25% 1

Treat Parkinson's

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 43% 3
None 57% 4

Top reported side-effects include: things sometimes get worse before they get better, worsening of symptoms, Fatigue

Summary results are based on 7 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 7)

  • Marshview
    Sex: M
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: mild
    Chest: mild
    Legs: mild
  • Marshview
  • by Marshview
    Jun 20, 2009
  • EfficacySlight
  • Side-effectsMild
  • Treat Parkinson's
Advice/Tips
I was surprised to learn that my neurologist was completely for Acupuncture.

  • holmesa
    Sex: F
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: mild
    Chest: mild
    Legs: mild
  • holmesa
  • by holmesa
    Aug 01, 2009
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Treat Parkinson's
Advice/Tips
THIS NOT TRADITIONAL CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE: IT IS 5 ELEMENTS ACUPUNCTURE; ALL THE PRACTITIONERS IN MY CLINIC ARE QUALIFIED (MEDICAL) DOCTORS; IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYONE

See all evaluation results for Acupuncture

Report created on November 08, 2009.