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Study shows risks of using painkillers too early in life

People with chronic pain who were on prescription painkillers were at 49% higher risk of mental illness and 82% higher risk of developing substance abuse.

The long-term use of opioid painkillers in children and young people could be linked to poor mental health and addiction in later life.

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Low prescribing in the early months of the pandemic may lead to more heart attacks and strokes, study warns.

Thousands more heart attacks and strokes may occur in Britain as almost half a million missed the opportunity ...

Almost half a million fewer people received new prescriptions for blood pressure tablets between April 2020 and July 2021, new analysis shows. Around 316,000 fewer people got new statins.

Nearly half a million people missed out on starting medication to lower their blood pressure during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research supported by the British Heart Foundation Data Science Centre at Health Data Research UK published today in Nature Medicine.

Patients in England, Scotland and Wales missed out on starting blood pressure-lowering drugs, British Heart Foundation says

Trends could lead to 13,000 more cardiovascular events, with findings said to be evidence of 'major disruption' to healthcare since lockdown