Long-term opioid use. Are we doing enough to stop patients getting stuck?
5.3 million people, and the question that matters most New research reported in Pharmacy Magazine estimates that over 5.3 million people in the UK are prescribed opioids every year. The report, commissioned by pain relief brand Combogesic and carried out by York Health Economics Consortium, puts the wider economic burden at £1.17 billion a year. […]