Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2020
Painkiller packs cut down to size as opioid crackdown intensifies
27 May 2020 - The drugs have become household names in Australia: oxycodone, codeine, morphine and tramadol.
But from next week they will become even harder for people to access, as pack sizes are halved and doctors are told to dispense only to patients whose other treatments have failed.
The crackdown is in response to thousands of deaths linked to prescription opioids - almost 100 each month in Australia.
