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Chemists have always been up to a week's worth of waste A Day prescriptions, since the coronavirus-crisis

A new Medication for the recovery of heroin addicts rolled out across Wales to prevent you from making over-stretched daily trips pharmacies.

buprenorphine can be given as a monthly injection, instead of alternatives such as methadone, which is given daily.

Wales is The First UK nation to routinely offer the drug.

A woman on The Treatment , said: "It just feels good. Your life is your own again. "

chemist the company is allowed to remain open, in Britain, and were

Wales ' health Minister Vaughan Gething said the New Service will ensure that people continue to receive support for their addiction and we continue to reduce The Risk of the spread of coronavirus.

the announcement of the roll-out, Minister for health, Vaughan Gething , said the former heroin users were at a greater risk of infection with Corona Virus, because, as a result of their substance abuse, they have poorer immune system, and many have underlying health conditions.

A mother-of-one who has said so far on The Treatment in The Last six months, that it was "liberating" and "hope for The Future ".

She Said : "I was a relationship addict, when I was a teenager, after a bad.

"Before I knew it My Life was in a downward spiral. "

she stopped using heroin a decade ago, but Six Years later, she relapsed and was using the drug again for a year.

"Even if I assorted to me, I would Wake up feeling terrible and anxious," She Said .

"I had something to take to feel better - over-the-counter medications, I never felt simply good. "

The 36-year-old said wanted to remain anonymous, said: "It is like a sentence. You have to March to the chemist Every Day .

"I had been clean for three-and-a-half years, I would not feel that that was true, because I would still take a little time to feel every morning to be better.

"Every morning, I have the feeling that I had not achieved anything, because the. This takes that away. "

There is a buprenorphine pilot project in Wales , said she had given monthly injections, their "independence" and a clear head.

She Said : "it is With opiate-based drugs, the goosebumps you lose sensation, you do not yawn, feeling that, as a numbing effect on your body, you feel numb. But you don't get with this. It makes you feel good, but also awake, in a way, you don't methadone is that you feel stupid.

"It's just The Last two months, it happens to me that I feel just okay. I can't remember The Last time that happened.

"It's like an angel on the shoulder. "

The use of slow-release drug had been tested in the early stages, which in some areas in the UK, only approved for use at The End of Last Year .

the Cardiff-based drugs charity kaleidoscope project, believes it is the largest doctor of the drug in the UK.

the chief executive Martin Blake brough said: "It is still a relatively new drug, it was only very sparsely in some parts of England. So you are on the search to see how it works.

"We selected people for the pilots, we thought you would benefit from it, so the response is positive, we just need to make sure that people still have access to other therapies, because it is just a medical fix, and not other underlying problems that someone might have. "

He added: "There are two groups that we use, are The First people on relatively low doses, but who still go to The Pharmacy regularly and take their medicine under supervision. The Second is people, the more chaotic way of life, you can not keep appointments, we keep them stable, giving them a monthly dose. "

Vaughan Gething , said: "This New Service will ensure that people continue to receive support for their addiction and we continue to reduce The Risk of the spread of coronavirus.

"The staff at community pharmacies and our substance-abuse-services an incredible work in very difficult conditions. Reduces your workload and risk for your own health is important. "

drug use, coronavirus pandemic, addiction, heroin, nhs wales, cardiff

Source of news: bbc.com