Today’s UK Observer newspaper has a front page headline about how many people are becoming addicted to painkillers. The report by the all-party parliamentary group on drug misuse says that some GPs give repeat prescriptions without seeing the patient.
This is such a sad piece. The addictive nature of a lot of pain killers has been known for a long time, so why use pain killers as the first solution when there are so many effective alternatives?
Cold and dark treatment for migraine, glucosamine for arthritis pain, natural creams for all sorts of injuries and accidents work – not for everyone – but then what does? So these should be given a try first.
