Here’s what happened when codeine was made prescription only. No, the sky didn’t fall in

When people went to their GP asking for painkillers, they weren’t prescribed higher doses of codeine or stronger opioids, as some feared. from http://www.shutterstock.comFears switching the painkiller codeine to a prescription only medicine would lead to more people misusing stronger painkillers are unfounded, according to research published today. Our research, in the journal Addiction, found the 2018 switch resulted in a 50% drop in codeine overdoses and sales. There was also no increase in overdoses with stronger opioids or high strength codeine, as some had feared. À lire aussi : Trust Me I’m An Expert: The science of pain Remind me again, how did we get here? Australia has a love affair with codeine. It has historically been our most used opioid, and 2013 data showed we

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