Health
Women in England almost twice as likely as men to be prescribed opiate painkillers – The Guardian
Experts worried about high use of drugs such as codeine and tramadol after prescriptions rose during Covid pandemic
Women’s healthExperts worried about high use of drugs such as codeine and tramadol after prescriptions rose during Covid pandemic
Women in England are almost twice as likely as men to be prescribed powerful and potentially addictive opiate painkillers, prompting experts to warn that female pain is overly medicated and not properly investigated.
The number of people prescribed drugs such as codeine and tramadol often used for chronic pain rose to 1.18 million in the first 10 months of 2020. Of these,…
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