Millions of patients will be offered help to come off antidepressants and painkillers under an NHS drive to tackle addiction to prescription pills. New national guidance urges GPs to stop writing repeat prescriptions for those who have become dependent thetimes.co.uk/article/nhs-p…

They are dependency forming. Stopping them suddenly can cause horrific withdrawal symptoms- crying, nausea, brain zaps, anxiety, akathisia…and more.

These researchers have a different perspective: madinamerica.com/2020/01/res…

Physical dependency.