Acupuncture may help some men with ED, but most studies provide no conclusive evidence about the effectiveness of the treatment. But acupuncture is safe, and if you want to give it a try, you should.

Before getting acupuncture, 79% of patients received non-opioid pain medication in the ED, and 11% received an opioid; only 3.8% were given an opioid prescription at discharge.

In the US, the minimum education that is generally required to become a certified acupuncture practitioner is completing an accredited acupuncture or Chinese medicine program, along with a master ...

Dry needling and acupuncture look similar and involve sticking thin needles into the skin, but they are different practices with different supporting research.