Almost 1 in 10 Belgians received a prescription for heavy painkillers in 2021, according to figures from the RIZIV. Brigitta Callens would be one of them. According to witnesses, the ex-Miss Belgium is very addicted to the pills. What is your risk of addiction if these heavy painkillers are in your medicine cabinet? And what does the medication really do to your body? Toxicologist Jan Tytgat and addiction expert Geert Dom respond. “It certainly shouldn’t take six months before you become dependent on it.”
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1 million Belgians take the same ‘dangerous’ painkillers as Brigitta Callens. How big is your risk of addiction really?
