AOD resource listing


Urinary drug screening

Provider: Australian Prescriber

An overview of urinary drug screening as an effective tool for monitoring abstinence from drug use, assessing the use of drugs in the workplace and for legal disputes.

Screening tools

Delivery format: Article

Naloxone Hydrochloride Injection

Provider: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Consumer medicine information leaflet.

Opioid deprescribing Opioid pharmacotherapy Suicide and overdose prevention

Delivery format: Article

The benzodiazepine toolkit

Provider: Reconnexion

A toolkit for healthcare professionals on benzodiazepine use, dependency and withdrawal.

Benzodiazepines Care coordination and treatment planning Withdrawal management

Delivery format: PDF

Social prescribing report and recommendations

Provider: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)

Outcomes of roundtable discussion on social prescribing that outlines the arguments for a strategic and systematic approach to incorporating social prescribing into he Australian healthcare system.

Care coordination and treatment planning

Delivery format: PDF

Tame the beast

Provider: Tame the Beast

Video resources for patients about understanding pain.

Chronic non-cancer pain Opioid deprescribing Patient resources

Delivery format: Video | Website

Managing your pain safely with opioids

Provider: Australian Government Department of Health

Patient guide to managing pain and opioid medicines.

Chronic non-cancer pain Patient resources

Delivery format: PDF

Opioid tapering algorithm

Provider: Australian Government Department of Health

Fact sheet on the safe tapering of opioids.

Chronic non-cancer pain Opioid deprescribing Withdrawal management

Delivery format: PDF

Alcohol Treatment Guidelines, 2021 edition

Provider: The University of Sydney

These guidelines aim to provide up-to-date, evidence-based information to clinicians on available treatments for people with alcohol problems and are largely directed towards individual clinicians in practice.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Alcohol Care coordination and treatment planning Clinical guidelines Custodial health LGBTQIA+ Pregnancy, homelessness, rural health Withdrawal management Young people

Delivery format: PDF | Webpage

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