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

  • Written by Rose Cairns, Lecturer in Pharmacy, University of Sydney
Here's what happened when codeine was made prescription only. No, the sky didn't fall inWhen people went to their GP asking for painkillers, they weren't prescribed higher doses of codeine or stronger opioids, as some feared.from www.shutterstock.com

Fears switching the painkiller codeine to a prescription only medicine would lead to more people misusing stronger painkillers are unfounded, according to research published today.

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