Panorama, producer, Murdoch Rodgers
Type
Label
Panorama, producer, Murdoch Rodgers
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Panorama
Oclc number
945217522
Responsibility statement
producer, Murdoch Rodgers
Runtime
38
Summary
Shelley Jofre investigates the specter of tranquilizer dependency, and questions why, despite strict guidelines on their prescription, people in Britain are still prescribed them long-term. Seventeen and a half million benzodiazepine tranquilizer prescriptions were issued by GPs in 1999 and it is estimated that around one million patients are now hooked on the drugs. The drugs used in the short-term are beneficial for a range of symptoms. But it is widely accepted that if these drugs are prescribed beyond the 4-week maximum, they can in fact be harmful to health. Shelley Jofre asks why GPs and psychiatrists have routinely ignored warnings about side effects and addiction. Benzodiazepines are being prescribed to all ages, from teenagers to elderly patients, across the UK. But there is little or no provision for those who want to come off the drugs
Target audience
adult
Subject
Content
Other version
Producer
resource.productioncompany
resource.reporter
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor3
- Genre1
- Subject5
- Content1
- Other version1
- Producer1
- resource.productioncompany1
- resource.reporter1
- Mapped to1