Codeine crackdown: concerns change fails to consider pain treatment and addiction
Australia’s move to limit codeine products to prescription only has sparked concerns about added medical costs, and been criticised for failing to deal with barriers to addiction and pain treatment.
Drugs like Panadeine and Nurofen Plus will require a doctor’s prescription from February 2018 due to rising concerns about addiction, fatal overdoses and other harm.
While the move was backed by doctors, pain and addiction medicine advocates say the flow-on needs of addicts and those who use the drugs for intermittent pain has been overlooked.
Like an estimated 10 per cent of women, Vanessa Watson lived with endometriosis that for more than a decade went undiagnosed, resulting in painful periods each month, until she had a hysterectomy at age 30. Sydney Morning Herald – Read more..
Drugs like Panadeine and Nurofen Plus will require a doctor’s prescription from February 2018 due to rising concerns about addiction, fatal overdoses and other harm.
While the move was backed by doctors, pain and addiction medicine advocates say the flow-on needs of addicts and those who use the drugs for intermittent pain has been overlooked.
Like an estimated 10 per cent of women, Vanessa Watson lived with endometriosis that for more than a decade went undiagnosed, resulting in painful periods each month, until she had a hysterectomy at age 30. Sydney Morning Herald – Read more..
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