Rise in addiction prompts call for painkiller policy
The current situation – in which potent opioid painkillers such as morphine and oxycodone can be freely prescribed by GPs while the addiction treatments methadone and buprenorphine are highly regulated – is irrational and puts lives at risk, according to a policy document quietly released in April and set for formal submission to government within weeks.
June 8, 2009
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