- Australia is facing a critical public health issue of poorly managed pain
The combination of poor health outcomes, inappropriate prescribing for pain and non-prescription use of opioids has resulted in opioid-related deaths surpassing the national annual road toll.
And prescription opioids were involved in more than 70% of drug-related deaths in Australia in 2017.
- What should opioids be used for?
Opiods began being commonly prescribed in the 90s, despite limited research supporting their effectiveness for chronic pain that wasn’t caused by…