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What the TGA’s recent opioid changes mean for GPs

What the TGA’s recent opioid changes mean for GPs

Adjunct Professor John Skerritt of the Therapeutic Goods Administration outlines why the regulator is making changes to opioid indications and pack sizes.


Overdose toll still worse than the road toll: report

Overdose toll still worse than the road toll: report

More than 2000 Australians died from drug overdoses in 2018, according to a report released on International Overdose Awareness Day.


Pharmacists to add warning labels to opioids

Pharmacists to add warning labels to opioids

The labels will advise patients of the risk of overdose and dependence associated with the potentially dangerous medications.


SafeScript reduces some harms, but exacerbates others: Researchers

SafeScript reduces some harms, but exacerbates others: Researchers

More integrated mental health and drug treatment services may be needed to offset the risk of increased mortality.


Melbourne to get second safe-injecting room

Melbourne to get second safe-injecting room

The news follows a review of the city’s first facility, though questions remain as to the choice of a site near the busy Queen Victoria Market.


Opioid pack sizes halved, new annual checks for patients

Opioid pack sizes halved, new annual checks for patients

Doctors will have more oversight over potent but addictive opioid-based medications.


AOD training moves online

AOD training moves online

The RACGP will deliver its Alcohol and Other Drugs GP Education Program online in an effort to reach every corner of Australia during the pandemic.


‘Our society has a drinking problem’: One GP mourns lockout laws

‘Our society has a drinking problem’: One GP mourns lockout laws

While many Sydneysiders celebrate the repeal of laws restricting alcohol consumption in the city, Dr Chris Davis sees it as a step backwards.


Mundipharma fined for misleading advertising of opioids

Mundipharma fined for misleading advertising of opioids

The international affiliate of Purdue Pharma was issued 24 infringement notices by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.


AOD education program open for GPs

AOD education program open for GPs

Applications for the RACGP’s Alcohol and Other Drugs Education Program Treatment Skills Training are now open.


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