prescription drugs Archives - The Hippocratic Post

Drugs bill warning over US/UK trade deal

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Hippocratic Post

The NHS would spend billions of pounds more on drugs if it had to pay US prices following a US/UK trade deal. According to a new study by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Harvard Medical School, and the University of Oxford, published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, NHS England […]

Opioids are not a class issue

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Dr Paul McLaren

Over the last five years at the Priory’s Hayes Grove Hospital, I have seen a rise in the abuse of, and dependence on, over-the-counter preparations containing opioids, where the opioid is combined with an anti-inflammatory drug, which could then lead to a dependence on stronger opioids, this time on prescription. I have seen a growing […]