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Tue 10 Oct 2009Stricter limits may reduce use of codeine-based painkillers
THE INTRODUCTION of stricter limits on the amount of codeine-based painkillers available to buy at chemists could lead to a significant decrease in the sale of such medicines, research has shown.
The results of a pilot study, carried out by Boots at its Grafton Street store, suggests that closer supervision of the sales of medicines containing the opium-based drug could lead to reduced levels of codeine abuse.
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