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Deprescribing long-term opioids, Diagnosing concussion

Deprescribing long-term opioids, Diagnosing concussion

Opioids for long-term pain and evidence for deprescribing them. Diagnosing concussion.

Inside Health · BBC Radio 4

March 5, 201927m 53s

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Show Notes

Research suggests opioids don't work in long-term chronic pain but dispensing in the UK has risen four-fold since the nineties, and we consume more than any other country in Europe. There is a dearth of good evidence for how best to help people come off these drugs. Mark Porter meets the team trying to change that. And an objective pitch-side test that takes the guesswork out of diagnosing concussion.