Opioid addiction: Treatments get people off painkillers, but it is a hard road

By Craig Butt
Updated August 15 2016 - 6:15am, first published August 2 2016 - 9:12am
The chronic pain Chris Philips suffered was so bad he could not hold his newborn child. Now, thanks to pain treatments, he can go for scooter rides with his children.  Photo: Christopher Pearce
The chronic pain Chris Philips suffered was so bad he could not hold his newborn child. Now, thanks to pain treatments, he can go for scooter rides with his children. Photo: Christopher Pearce
Chris Philips has suffered chronic pain after a horse-riding accident in 2009. Photo: Christopher Pearce
Chris Philips has suffered chronic pain after a horse-riding accident in 2009. Photo: Christopher Pearce

 

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