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John’s cancer patients were prescribed opioids. This key warning was missing
Nearly 3 million Australians are prescribed opioids each year, but researchers found doctors and pharmacists often failed to warn patients about driving impairment.
While treating breast cancer patients, palliative care doctor John Gillett learned that many had been prescribed opioids but were not warned about the risks of driving on strong painkillers.