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Hello, coming up today, concussion, an all too common problem in sports like football and rugby,

and one that can have disastrous consequences. So I went down kind of, I was groggy, and I decided it was

big and brave to get up and carry on, which I can categorically state now,

is not big and brave at all.

I meet the team working on a new pitchside test that will take the guesswork out of diagnosing concussion.

But first, the worrying rise of opioid painkillers,

a topic we've discussed before on Inside Health,

but we haven't covered how to turn the tide by helping people come off the drugs.

The number of opioids like codeine, tramadol and morphine prescribed in the UK

has risen fourfold since the 90s, and we consume more than any other country in Europe.

The UK is still some way behind America where doctors talk of an opioid crisis

that's claiming tens of thousands of lives each year.

But where the USA leads, we often follow.

Opioids work well when taken for short-lived pain following injury or surgery

and for people with cancer.

But research suggests that they're not that helpful and people prescribe them for chronic longer-term pain caused by conditions like back trouble and arthritis.

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