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Opioids Leaflet
October 19 , 2022
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Take me to the leaflet
Opioids are a group of medicines that come from the extract of poppy seeds or other medicines that work in the same way. This leaflet by Dr Roger Knaggs explains all about their uses, including the benefits and risks associated with their use.
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Transcript – Airing Pain 125: Opioid-Induced Constipation
November 03 , 2020
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Looking at the side effects of opioids for chronic pain management
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Pain Concern is grateful to Professor Lesley Colvin, Dr Paul Farquhar-Smith and the charity Maggie’s for their help and advice.
While opioids are seen as an effective treatment method for ...
Airing Pain 123: Opioids and Chronic Pain
July 07 , 2020
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Rethinking long-term pain management
This edition of Airing Pain has been supported with a grant from Kyowa Kirin donated for this purpose.
The opioid crisis reached its peak in the United States in 2017, where addiction and overprescription have led to 218,000 deaths from prescription overdoses between the years of 1999 and 2017. The ...
