UK researchers investigate alternatives to long-term opioid use

The government-backed National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) awarded the money to researchers from Keele University and will cover pain caused by a range of conditions, including osteoarthritis and back pain. Use of opioid painkillers such as codeine and fentanyl has dramatically increased in the UK over the past 20 years, rising by a third between 1998 ands 2016.
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