Metro – Anxiety drug deaths soar 

Metro – Anxiety drug deaths soar

Metro leads with a report linking a prescription drug for anxiety to almost 3,400 deaths in the past five years.

A highly addictive drug prescribed for anxiety 8.6 million times in one year has been linked to the “fastest rising death toll of any medication in Britain”, according to the paper. 

A report has suggested that pregabalin, originally developed to manage convulsions caused by epilepsy, was linked to almost 3,400 deaths in the last five years, it adds. 

Last night’s Brit Awards also make the front page.