How working-class despair fuelled the opioid crisis
The Right to Pain Relief digs at the social and economic roots of America’s rampant addiction to painkillers.
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The Right to Pain Relief digs at the social and economic roots of America’s rampant addiction to painkillers.
The world’s largest review on opioid medicines for cancer pain has found it is unclear whether some commonly used opioid medicines are better than a placebo and suggests that non-opioid medicines, including aspirin, may be as effective as opioids.Res
Addictive drugs such as morphine are often prescribed on the NHS to help combat the constant pain many cancer patients experience as a result of their tumours. but aspirin can be as effective.
The use best use of opioids or NSAIDS may vary based on the type of pain patients with cancer are experiencing, recent research found.
Researchers examining the data on opioids for pain caused by cancer have found surprisingly large gaps in evidence regarding the true benefits of these medicines for cancer pain.