Prescription drug dependency worrying - health chiefs
Hundreds of thousands of people in England are getting hooked on prescription drugs, health chiefs fear.
A Public Health England review looked at the use of strong painkillers, antidepressants and sleeping tablets - used by a quarter of adults every year.
It found that at the end of March 2018 half of people using these drugs had been on them for at least 12 months. BBC News
Hundreds of thousands of people in England are getting hooked on prescription drugs, health chiefs fear.
A Public Health England review looked at the use of strong painkillers, antidepressants and sleeping tablets - used by a quarter of adults every year.
It found that at the end of March 2018 half of people using these drugs had been on them for at least 12 months. BBC News
See also:
- Britain risks US-style opioid crisis as FIVE million adults get prescriptions Mail Online
- One in four British adults being prescribed potentially addictive drugs, 'disturbing' review finds Telegraph
- Press release: Dependence on prescription medicines linked to deprivation Public Health England
- Better access to alternative therapies needed to reverse prescribing trends, says RCGP Royal College of General Practitioners
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