[thejournal.ie] , Flynn, Valerie Medical Council suggests controls needed on widely used prescription drug. (13 Oct 2024)
External website: https://www.thejournal.ie/pregabalin-drug-ireland-...
A working group of health experts led by the Medical Council has told the government it should consider reclassifying a widely precribed – and misused – anti-anxiety and pain relief medicine as a controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
Pregabalin was implicated in 83 drug deaths in 2021, the most recent year for which figures are available. This represented almost one in four drug deaths, almost all of which also involved other substances....
E Concepts in biomedical areas > Medical substance > Prescription drug (medicine / medication)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Harm reduction > Substance use harm reduction
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Policy > Policy on substance use > Harm reduction policy
T Demographic characteristics > Doctor / physician
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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