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Re:What’s really causing the prescription drug crisis? by DanBC on Saturday January 14, 2017 @03:49AM (#13397568)
But people in UK do get oramorph, which is a liquid oral morphine.
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Re:What’s really causing the prescription drug crisis? by anon4this1 on Saturday January 14, 2017 @09:10AM (#13398414)
Patients (and addicts) state there is a particular euphoria that oxycodone has (and diamorph/heroin) that morphine doesn't really have. Of course oral morphine does cause addiction, but oxycodone just seems to have greatly increased rates.
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