Doctors have been urged to avoid prescribing opioids for long-term pain by a GP specialist in addiction services who said there is little to no evidence it helps patients. “Prescription opioids are really limited in the evidence base for using them in any way long-term,” she said. "If you’re going to use them, please, please use them for short periods of time.”Dr O'Brien focused on the difference between treating acute pain and long-term pain. “Once pain goes into that chronic, longer than three months, [state], there is no evidence for opioids. “[These groups] do things for a laugh, and things they do for a laugh include sex-torting younger kids,” he said.

Source: Irish Examiner April 10, 2026 22:53 UTC