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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 11.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Sep 1;34(19):2066–2076. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b315cc

Figure 7. Successful change in pain medication usage among yoga and control group participants.

Figure 7

Mean successful changes from baseline in low back pain (LBP) medication usage are depicted. Only those who reported taking medications at baseline for LBP are included. Changes in a subject’s pain medication usage were coded as: (1) failure, i.e., no change or increase in dosage, frequency, and/or amount or (2) success, i.e., decrease in dose, frequency, and/or amount or cessation of medication. Decreasing the dose or stopping of one or more components of a multiple-drug regimen was considered a successful alteration in drug usage. While not statistically significant, a trend toward higher success rates in decreasing pain medication was apparent for the yoga as opposed to the control group at both time points.