官方网站: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dbpf
国家/地区: 英国
语言: 英语
上映日期: 2020-01-16(英国)
片长: 59分钟
又名: Addicted to Painkillers? Britain’s Opioid CrisisIMDb: tt11684264
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剧情简介:
InAmericait’sanepidemic.NownewevidenceraisesconcernabouttheUK’suseofprescriptionopioids.MichaelMosleygoesonanimmersivejourneytoaskwhatcanbedoneaboutit.
TheopioidepidemichasdevastatedAmerica.Butwhat’sthesituationhere?AnewreportfromPublicHealthEnglandraisesseriousconcernsaboutBritain’sownrelationshipwithpainkillers.DrMichaelMosleyembarksonanimmersivejourneytoBritain’sopioidfrontlineandmeetspatientsstrugglingwithaddictionandGPsfightingaconstantbattletohelpthosesufferingfromchronicpain.Healsouncoversworryingevidenceofpeopleabusingover-the-counteropioidsanddiscovershoweasyitistobuystrongopioidsonline.
NearlysixmillionpeopleinEnglandandWaleswereprescribedanopioidlastyear.Michaelwantstouncoverhowandwhywe’reconsumingtwicetheamountofopioidsastwentyyearsago,especiallywhenthescientificevidenceheencountersdisturbinglysuggeststhatforthemajorityofpeopletakingthemforchronicpain,thesedrugsmostlydon’tevenwork.Thoughavitaltoolinourdoctors’armourytocombatacutepainandincancerandend-of-lifecare,thePublicHealthEnglandreportrevealedthatmorethanhalfamillionpeoplehavebeenonopioidsformorethanthreeyears.
Michaelcautionsthatpeopletakingthesedrugsshouldnotsuddenlystoptakingthem.Nevertheless,ashediscovers,longtermorhighdoseusedoesleavethemexposedtogreaterriskofsideeffectsincludingdependency,addictionandevenaccidentaldeathbyoverdose.
Asmanyas28millionBritonsendurechronicpain-andifwe’retokickwhatseemslikeadangerousnationalopioidhabit,Michaelbelievesthatthecriticalissueisdeprescribing.Millionsnowrequirehelpcomingoffopioidsanddrug-freealternativestothem.ForMichaelthisisnothingshortofachallengeasimportantasthefightagainstcancerandheartdisease.
Sohowmuchdopeopleonthegroundreallyknowaboutthesepowerfulpainkillers,someofwhich,includingfentanyl,canbemanytimesstrongerthanheroin?Onhistravels,MichaelmeetsKareninHastingswhonowbelievesherfiveyearsonincreasinglystrongopioids‘turnedherintoazombie’.ButhealsoencountersBrendainSalfordwhothinksthemorphineshehastakenforfifteenyearstohelpwithherexcruciatingbackpainisthethingthatmakesherlifejustaboutbearable.AndhespendstimewithVickiwhose50+-a-dayover-the-counterpainkillerhabitledtooverdoseandneardeathbeforeshefinallyadmittedheraddictionandstarteddetox.
