Painkillers Blog Posts

• Do prescribed opioids increase self-harm and suicide?

  18 Mar 2026

  • Ian Hamilton

  
• Chewing gum for pain during and after orthodontic appliance installation

  21 Apr 2023

  • Derek Richards

  
• Acute pain management following dental extraction

  24 Mar 2023

  • Derek Richards

  
• Opioid Agonist Treatment associated with 50% lower risk of mortality, but political epiphany still needed to reduce drug-related deaths

  18 Aug 2021

  • Ian Hamilton

  
• Non-medical use of prescription drugs #NonMedicalDrugs

  08 Mar 2018

  • Ian Hamilton
  • and Julia Buxton

  
• Pain during orthodontic treatment –pharmacological treatments

  06 Dec 2017

  • Derek Richards

  
• Endodontic pain can be managed with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

  07 Jun 2017

  • Derek Richards

  
• Self-harm on the rise, but many denied mental health assessments

  27 Jul 2016

  • Katrina Witt