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Opiates ‘too addictive to be available over the counter’

Psychiatrist says medication should be made prescription only after study reveals significant number of abusers.

The need for over-the-counter (OTC) opiates to be changed to prescription only has been highlighted by an Irish consultant psychiatrist who says this medication is “too addictive and too dangerous” to be available in this manner.

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Source: Michelle McDonagh, The Irish Times, 07/12/2010

Posted by Andy on 12/07 at 10:55 AM in
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