Wherever I’ve worked there was always one or two people that could be relied on to have a stash of painkillers, antacids or even peppermints in their bag or drawer. These days more people than ever keep painkillers to hand and the chances are they are a few notches up from basic aspirin. The fact that over-the-counter painkillers are so readily available masks a very real problem of painkiller dependency. In this post I’m taking a look at some of the reasons, the effects, and the signs of...