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Patients still fuzzy about opioid medications

NPS MedicineWise has released a video to help educate patients after a survey shows only half know morphine is an opioid
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19 June 2020
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Many patients still have misconceptions about opioids, including having trouble identifying exactly which drugs fall under the umbrella, according to a new survey.

The NPS MedicineWise study shows only half (56%) of more than 1000 Australians surveyed could correctly identify morphine as an opioid.

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