'I've cured my chronic back pain with £19 patch - but NHS won't prescribe it'

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'I've cured my chronic back pain with £19 patch - but NHS won't prescribe it'
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Gary Meek, from Harlow in Essex, claims he has saved the NHS £8,000 in less than three years and wants the patch available to other sufferers

A retired teacher claims a £19 patch has cured his chronic back pain and freed him from a life of prescription painkillers - but says the NHS still won't prescribe it to him.

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