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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nina Massey

New treatment ‘can help people stop taking opioid painkillers for chronic pain’

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A new treatment could help people to stop taking addictive opioid painkillers for chronic pain, research suggests.

Data suggests there are one million people at risk from longer-term continuous opioid prescriptions, and more than 50,000 have been taking these for six months or more.

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