Although the United Kingdom has not seen the same levels of use as the US, the safety of opioids is still a major issue. Currently, around 13% of the adult population in England are prescribed opioids.
In this video, I’m going to let you know WHY opioids don’t work for chronic pain and why the repeated prescribing of opioids for chronic pain is a major issue.
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00:00 Intro
01:27 What is an Opioid?
01:52 What are the Common Side Effects?
02:20 Tolerance vs Dependence vs Addiction
04:52 How do Opioids Work?
08:21 Why do they NOT Help Chronic Pain?
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