‘Historic’ funding changes for opioid dependency treatment Addiction GPs say the changes will help to reduce barriers when it comes to prescribing and access – and in the process reduce stigma.
Weaning plans at heart of new opioid care standard The guidelines, the first national clinical care standard for prescription opioid use in acute care, are designed to minimise the risks of harm.
How GPs can help patients reduce drinking in line with new guidelines Healthy Australians should drink no more than 10 standard drinks a week, according to new NHMRC guidelines.
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.
Seeing the slow change Dr Hester Wilson writes about the habits that can kill us – and how changes can come almost without realising.
Opioid pack sizes halved, new annual checks for patients Doctors will have more oversight over potent but addictive opioid-based medications.
People with a dependency a hidden cost of lockdown Some of Australia’s most vulnerable have been at real risk, Dr Hester Wilson writes.
‘It’s just too easy’: Underage people able to buy alcohol online Online retailers have made it much easier to access alcohol – and researchers warn there are real dangers.
How do you live a life more ordinary? When a ‘broken’ man came to Dr Hester Wilson, she was faced with the limits of what medicine could offer.
When your job is to listen – not to fix When a young acquaintance asked to meet in a park, Dr Hester Wilson was surprised. But there was a reason.