"He was living through this time when there was huge pressure on GPs to prescribe antidepressants," she said.
"That happened to my own husband. He became completely unstable. He couldn't find stability again. And he was mystified, he said that the guidelines don't say anything about this." Dr John Read, professor of clinical psychology at the University of East London, represented the British Psychological Society on the PHE review.
Britain has the world's third fastest-growing rates of opioid use and there are fears a similar crisis could soon be seen here. Addiction experts, patient associations and health groups want more to be done to ensure the UK does not spiral into a US-like opioid crisis.
Happening already
So stop over-prescribing them, the answer seems obvious when you give more than 0.0001 seconds thought.
Yawn, yawn, yawn.....do you morons never tire of peddaling the Project Fear bicycle.....ffs😞😞😞😞
Antidepressants are not addictive. Some have withdrawal effects but there is no drive to increase dose.
Opioids are fucking fantastic!
Too late the British know.. We keep our junkies going...
Tad late for that one, its already happened! 😡
Partyyyyyyyyyyyy
With an ever aging population living with chronic painful conditions associated with old age, do people seriously expect them to suffer in silence!