Comment: One in five Australians lives with chronic pain

By Dr Chris Hayes
Updated February 2 2018 - 10:33am, first published February 1 2018 - 2:59pm

If codeine were a newly discovered medication, it would not be registrable in Australia today, given what it is known about its poor profile of benefit and harm.

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