NHS Coughing Up Huge Amounts on Painkillers

A recent health statistic has shown that GPs are going overboard in prescribing over-the-counter painkillers to patients, leading to an expenditure of more than �440m a year on painkillers by the NHS.

The analysis has pointed out that PCTs are spending thousands on over-the-counter painkillers as well as cold and flu treatments such as Lemsip, Beechams, Anadin and Panadol prescribed to patients.

Nearly �3,000 on prescriptions for cold and flu have been spent between January and June, and more than �59,000 on over-the-counter painkillers.



Source: Medindia