NHS is wasting up to £568m a year on pointless pills  

NHS is wasting up to £568m a year on pointless pills  
NHS is wasting up to £568m a year on pointless pills  
NHS is wasting up to £568m a year on pointless pills as thousands of patients are given medication they don't need, study shows The NHS is wasting up to £568 million a year on pills that patients do not need When they try to quit many suffer withdrawal symptoms such as abdominal cramps The amount wasted each year is enough to pay the salaries of up to 10,000 more GPs or 20,000 nurses

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The NHS is wasting up to £568million a year on pills that patients do not need and can leave them with dangerous addictions, a study shows.

Doctors in England are dishing out habit-forming drugs such as opioids, antidepressants, benzodiazepines and sleeping pills to hundreds of thousands of people who should not be on them.

When they try to quit, many suffer severe withdrawal symptoms such as abdominal cramps, blurred vision and loss of appetite.

In some cases, three out of four prescriptions were found to be completely unnecessary, according to the Council for Evidence-based Psychiatry.

Roughly half the amount being needlessly spent each year – £288million – goes on highly addictive painkilling opioid medicines.

The amount wasted each year is

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