diamorphine

Yes Martin Barnes Chief executive, Drugscope Under the name diamorphine, heroin is used routinely in the NHS to relieve severe pain caused by accident, injury or illness.

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The Care Quality Commission also says changes are needed to the system for regulating and monitoring the use of these and other controlled drugs, to better identify any improper prescribing of drugs such as diamorphine, which was used by GP Harold Shipman to kill at least 15 patients and possibly up to 200.

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The families of the victims, who had been in recovery, believe sedatives such as diamorphine were over-prescribed at the hospital and this led to their deaths.

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The families of those who died believe that sedatives such as diamorphine were over-prescribed at the hospital and this led to the deaths of their relatives, who were receiving recuperative care.

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Article 9 of this Directive envisaged that Schedule 2 includes drugs such as diamorphine

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Some of their families believe that sedatives such as diamorphine were over-prescribed at the hospital and led to the death of their relatives who were receiving recuperative care.

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This case also shows some EU doctors are unfamiliar with diamorphine, which is commonly used for pain relief among UK cancer sufferers, "said the statement.

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It employed the German doctor Daniel Ubani, who accidentally give a 10-fold overdose of the painkiller diamorphine to David Gray, a Cambridgeshire patient he treated in 2008.

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I think that alone speaks volumes as to what sort of drug it is, when you look at diamorphine vs methadone and carry comparisons to dexamphetamine/methamphetmine vs Modafinil.

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The incident that sparked their concern involved a German doctor, Daniel Ubani, who accidentally killed a patient, David Gray, with a tenfold overdose of the painkiller diamorphine on his first shift as a locum GP in the UK in 2008.

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