UN WHO changes opioid guidelines

By By Claire Galofaro
Updated June 20 2019 - 11:50am, first published 11:20am
The WHO was accused of downplaying the addiction risks and overstate the benefits of opioids.
The WHO was accused of downplaying the addiction risks and overstate the benefits of opioids.

The World Health Organisation has notified US lawmakers it will discontinue two publications on prescribing opioid painkillers in response to damning allegations that the pharmaceutical industry influenced the reports.

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