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The number of people suffering from chronic pain has increased in the Basque Country and, with it, the use of opioids

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Fentanyl box. Photo: Europa Press.

In the Basque Country, 370,000 people suffer from chronic pain every day, and the use of opioids has doubled in six years. This upturn has raised all the alarms and the abuse of these drugs is becoming a public health problem.

Experts warn of the urgent need to change the paradigm to treat permanent pain without falling into addiction.

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