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Yoga can help improve the quality of life of drug users and also reduce the frequency of
their drug use, says a recent study conducted by the Delhi-based AIIMS on behalf of the
Ayush Ministry. The study used Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) and meditation as a treatment
along with the regular treatment among a group of drug addicts specially heroin users.
SKY consists of a specific sequence of varying breathing rates separated by brief periods of
normal breathing.
Eighty-four heroin users undergoing treatment at a community-based clinic of National Drug
Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC) in east Delhi participated in the study, which
concluded at AIIMS here.
The study — which was a randomised one with control groups — showed that yoga
intervention produced a significant change in the physical, social relationship and
environmental domains of quality of life, said a statement from the Ministry.
It also reduced the frequency of drug use as evident by the urine screening results as
compared to the control group that was on treatment as usual.
The control group was given standard treatment -- pharmacotherapy (opioid substitution
therapy) and psychosocial intervention -- whereas the study groups, besides standard
therapy, were clubbed with the SKY programme over three days in a workshop mode.
They were also encouraged to practice the technique at home every day and advised to
further participate in a weekly follow-up SKY programme.
“The standard screening measure was adopted (urine screening) and it was observed that
there was higher percentage of relief seen in the group of users who were treated with
standard treatment along with SKY and meditation in comparison to control group of heroin
users,” the statement said.
“Study findings also suggested that the yoga intervention can be used as an adjunct to
standard intervention to improve the quality of the life of drug users and also to further
reduce the frequency of their drug use,” it added.
More studies need to be carried out in different settings with a larger sample size to replicate
the findings of this study, it said.
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