Yoga Accelerates Opioid Withdrawal Recovery when Combined with Standard Care, Study Finds

Yoga accelerates opioid withdrawal recovery when combined with standard care, study finds

Opioid addiction, or opioid use disorder (OUD), is a major global health issue, and recovery from OUD is marked with high relapse rates. During withdrawal, patients experience severe symptoms, which are partly due to dysregulation of the nervous system, or autonomic dysregulation. However, a new study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, has found that yoga can assist in addressing this autonomic imbalance and speed up recovery, when combined with sta…

Yoga aids speedy opioid withdrawal recovery, improves anxiety, sleep: Study - tennews.in: National News Portal

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Yoga can aid in the speedy recovery of people with opioid withdrawal, as well as improve anxiety, sleep, and pain in them, according to a study. Opioid withdrawal involves physical symptoms like diarrhoea, insomnia, fever, pain, anxiety, and depression, and autonomic signs such as pupil dilation, runny nose, goosebumps, anorexia, […] The post Yoga aids speedy opioid withdrawal recovery, improves anxiety, sleep: Study app…