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Do not stop taking a prescribed medicine on your own The medicines we looked at help to make millions of people every year feel better and recover from their illness. Doctors can prescribe them because there is good evidence that they work, but they do have some risks. If you are a patient taking one of these medicines as prescribed by your doctor (or other prescriber), but you are worried by anything in this report, you should not stop taking them on your own. Instead, make an appointment to see your doctor and talk through your worries. PHE do not want to put anyone off safely using medicines that could help them. Stopping or limiting the use of medicines could also cause harm, including increasing the risk of suicide or making people try to get medicines or illegal alternatives from less safe sources, such as illegal websites or drug dealers. More people are taking prescribed medicines for longer Some prescription medicines can be addictive and could cause problems for people taking them or coming off them, especially if someone has been taking them for a long time. These medicines include benzodiazepines and z-drugs, gabapentin and pregabalin, and opioid pain medicines. Antidepressants are not addictive but some people have problems coming off them. The government asked Public Health England (PHE) to look at the evidence about this problem. We found that, since at least 10 years ago, more people are being prescribed more of these medicines and often for longer. The prescribing of some of these medicines (like benzodiazepines and opioids) has fallen recently but others (such as gabapentin, pregabalin and antidepressants) are being prescribed more and for longer. This means more people are at risk of becoming addicted to them or having problems when they stop using them. It also costs the NHS a lot of money, some of which is wasted because the medicines do not work for everyone... 更多資訊
