Acupuncture‐Related Therapies as a Potential Adjuvant Option for Parkinson’s Disease: Effects on Symptom Management, Medication Use, and Mortality
Ye-Seul Lee, Han-Gyul Lee, Hi-Joon Park, Seungwon Kwon, Bo-Hyoung Jang · 2026
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Ye-Seul Lee leads a 2026 study of acupuncture-related therapies as an add-on for Parkinson's disease, using Korean national health insurance data. Such therapies here include acupuncture, electrical acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, and herbal formulas at Korean medicine clinics. The team matched 23,454 users with the same number of non-users and followed records to August 2018.
Users took less levodopa, the main Parkinson's drug, but used more medicines for sleep, anxiety, and depression symptoms. Users also had a slightly lower risk of death from any cause over the long term. The authors warn that the observational design and varied exposure mean these links should not be read as proof of benefit, and call for randomised sham-controlled trials.
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| CREATOR | Ye-Seul Lee, Han-Gyul Lee, Hi-Joon Park, Seungwon Kwon, Bo-Hyoung Jang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44023 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |