{"id":88521,"date":"2018-01-31T09:40:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T09:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=57a5b2132c7b771a7cbb94306c4c4eae"},"modified":"2018-01-31T09:40:54","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T09:40:54","slug":"news-story-prescribed-medicines-that-may-cause-dependence-or-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=88521","title":{"rendered":"News story: Prescribed medicines that may cause dependence or withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care<\/a> has commissioned Public Health England (PHE<\/abbr>) to review the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines. Withdrawal is more accurately defined as discontinuation syndrome in relation to anti-depressants.<\/p>\n

The review was launched on 24 January 2018 and is due to report in early 2019.<\/p>\n

PHE<\/abbr> will carry out a public-health focused review of commonly prescribed medicines, authorised for adults who have non-cancer pain, anxiety, insomnia or depression.<\/p>\n

The review will bring together the best available evidence on:<\/h4>\n
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  • prevalence and prescribing patterns<\/li>\n
  • the nature and likely causes of dependence or discontinuation syndrome among some people who take these medicines<\/li>\n
  • effective prevention and treatment of dependence and discontinuation syndrome for each drug category<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Included within the scope of the review are:<\/h4>\n
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    • adults (age 18 and over)<\/li>\n
    • dependence and discontinuation syndrome<\/li>\n
    • benzodiazepines, Z-drugs, GABA-ergic medicines, opioid pain medications, antidepressants<\/li>\n
    • medicines above that are prescribed to treat anxiety, insomnia, chronic non-cancer pain and depression<\/li>\n
    • community prescribing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      The review will exclude or will not cover:<\/h4>\n
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      • cancer and terminal pain<\/li>\n
      • over-the-counter medicines<\/li>\n
      • prescribing in hospitals and prisons<\/li>\n
      • other medicines, such as anti-psychotics, stimulants, \u2018smart drugs\u2019, anti-obesity drugs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Methods for the review will include:<\/h4>\n
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        • mapping of medicine categories, conditions and guidance to inform scoping, data analysis and literature review<\/li>\n
        • analysing all prescription and some GP<\/abbr> patient data to understand prevalence and detail of prescribing patterns, patients and conditions<\/li>\n
        • an expert group to inform our approach, interpret findings and propose recommendations<\/li>\n
        • broader stakeholder engagement to ensure relevance, appropriateness and support<\/li>\n
        • a call for papers and evidence including unpublished research and reports collating personal experiences<\/li>\n
        • a literature review to summarise the evidence on causes, harms and effective prevention and treatment responses<\/li>\n
        • a report of the evidence review and recommendations, which will be peer reviewed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          If you have any concerns about medicines prescribed to you, you should talk to your doctor. Do not stop taking any prescribed medicine without medical advice.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          A review of the evidence on the scale and nature of problems with some prescription medicines and how they can be prevented and treated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}