Downward Dog for Opioid Withdrawal?
MedPage Today, January 7, 2026
An early-stage randomized trial showed that yoga alongside standard buprenorphine therapy hastened opioid withdrawal recovery and improved autonomic regulation compared with buprenorphine alone. Kevin Hill, MD, MHS (Psychiatry, BIDMC) and Matcheri Keshavan, MD (Psychiatry, BIDMC), who were co-authors of the study, shared comments.



