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Painkiller ban cuts suicides

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Published Date: 19 June 2009
AN END to prescriptions for a common painkiller has led to a drop in suicides involving the drug – without a rise in deaths from other painkillers, researchers said.
Co-proxamol was behind 766 deaths in England and Wales between 1997 and 1999, according to the study published on bmj.com.

Scientists said withdrawing co-proxamol from the UK market was followed by a "major" reduction in suicides and accidental poisonings involving the drug, which had a "relatively narrow" margin between the concentration at which it was therapeutic and a fatal dose.





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  • Last Updated: 18 June 2009 10:37 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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reedham57,

19/06/2009 09:49:43
How many years of studying, and how much money did it cost, for these scientists to come up with the revelation that withdrawing a drug reduces suicide levels. I could have told them that.

I would like to know if the suicide level has really dropped or have people just turned to different drugs.
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Anya,

bonnyrigg 19/06/2009 14:21:17
It might have cut suicides but has also left alot of other people with chronic pain problems. I was on this drug for two years after a very severe accident and it really helped.
Yes there are other analgesias out there but surely they all pose a risk of suicide. My strong belief is that if someone really wants to commit suicide, they will do it.

 

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