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Inappropriate requests for codeine products experienced by "every pharmacist in the country"

Pat Dalton, a community pharmacist in Cork joined Andrea to discuss how common this is in pharmacies...

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13.21 8 Feb 2022


Inappropriate requests for codeine products experienced by "every pharmacist in the country"


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13.21 8 Feb 2022


Yesterday on Lunchtime Live, Andrea spoke to a woman who suffered chronic pain and as a result began taking over the counter medication to help ease the pain. We also heard from other people on the text line about using products containing codeine to help numb their pain. 

Pat Dalton, a community pharmacist in Cork joined Andrea to discuss how common this is in pharmacies...

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