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Impact of Acupuncture on Fatigue Management in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease

Melissa Stockton-Brown^*

Department of Internal Medicine, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, USA

Received Date: Jun 28, 2023 / Published Date: Jul 28, 2023

Citation: Stockton-Brown M (2023) Impact of Acupuncture on Fatigue Management in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 13:574.DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460.1000574

Copyright: © 2023 Stockton-Brown M. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the United States, effecting approximately a million Americans every year. Though the disease is not fatal, it puts patients at risk for other causes of morbidity and mortality (example: falls, aspiration, serious infections). Along with classic psychiatric and motor symptoms reported by Parkinson’s patients, fatigue is a common and disabling problem. Medical treatment for fatigue in PD is typically managed non-medically through lifestyle modifications (example: sleep hygiene, daytime naps, exercise) though medications may also be used (example: antidepressants, stimulants). Medications may come with side effects; at this point there is no satisfactory treatment specifically targeted at fatigue in PD.

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