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More Australians are overdosing on GHB

Here’s what you need to know, and strategies to reduce harm…

Expert/s: Healthed

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Young people are using benzos recreationally

Anecdotal reports from some professionals have prompted concerns about young people using prescription benzodiazepines such as Xanax for recreational use.

Expert/s: Dr Nicole Lee, A/Prof Suzanne Nielsen

Addiction medicine

Clinical Articles

How to safely prescribe benzodiazepines

When are they useful and how can you minimise risk of dependence

Expert/s: Danielle O'Neal

Addiction medicine

Clinical Articles

How and when to wean off benzodiazepines

A far cry from the facetious stigma as ‘mother’s little helper’ in the 1960s; problematic use of benzodiazepines is now largely an “indiscriminate” problem occurring across most sociodemographics, says Dr Adam Straub, addiction medicine physician and general physician. 

Expert/s: Danielle O'Neal

Addiction medicine

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Managing opioid dependence in GP – An update – Lecture

Dr Adam Straub presents the current state of play for identifying, diagnosing and treating opioid dependence in primary care.

Expert/s: Dr Adam Straub

Addiction medicine

Clinical Articles

Long-acting injectables for opioid dependence

Two options are now widely available in primary care, reducing stigma and improving convenience...

Expert/s: Helen Tobler

Addiction medicine

Podcasts

Benzodiazepines dependence – Practical advice – Lecture

Dr Adam Straub addresses benzo dependency with real-world advice and evidence-based recommendations

Expert/s: Dr Adam Straub

Addiction medicine

Clinical Articles

Does vaping actually work for tobacco cessation?

Three experts explain the evidence and practical implications for GPs...

Expert/s: Lynnette Hoffman

Addiction medicine

Clinical Articles

How one GP made the shift to full-time artist

Dr Christine Read used her GP skills to realise her lifelong painting dream…

Expert/s: Ben Falkenmire

Addiction medicine

Clinical Articles

Antidepressant withdrawal should be taken seriously – we’re investigating ways to help people come off the pills

Misinformation about antidepressants and is probably fuelling their rise in use. Chief among these false ideas are

Addiction medicine, Drugs and devices

Clinical Articles

Cannabis holds promise for pain management, reducing the need for opioid painkillers – a neuropharmacology expert explains how

Drug overdose deaths from opioids continue to rise in the U.S. as a result of both the misuse of prescription opioids and the illicit drug market

Expert/s: Prof Benjamin Land

Addiction medicine

University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine

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Researchers find clue to preventing addiction relapse

It takes a supreme effort of will to overcome an addiction, but even more so to avoid relapse. The effect of relapse can hugely effect quality of life or even prove fatal. To help give recovering addicts a fighting chance, researchers at University of Washington have been studying whether changing the activity of neurons in the nucleus accumbens, the region of the brain that regulates addictive behaviour, can help to prevent relapse. They achieved this targeted change in brain activity using chemogenetic receptors in a study conducted on rats who had been exposed to heroin.

Expert/s: University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine

Addiction medicine

More Australians are overdosing on GHB

Here’s what you need to know, and strategies to reduce harm…

Young people are using benzos recreationally

Anecdotal reports from some professionals have prompted concerns about young people using prescription benzodiazepines such as Xanax for recreational use.

How to safely prescribe benzodiazepines

When are they useful and how can you minimise risk of dependence

How and when to wean off benzodiazepines

A far cry from the facetious stigma as ‘mother’s little helper’ in the 1960s; problematic use of benzodiazepines is now largely an “indiscriminate” problem occurring across most sociodemographics, says Dr Adam Straub, addiction medicine physician and general physician.

Managing opioid dependence in GP – An update – Lecture

Dr Adam Straub presents the current state of play for identifying, diagnosing and treating opioid dependence in primary care.

Long-acting injectables for opioid dependence

Two options are now widely available in primary care, reducing stigma and improving convenience...

Benzodiazepines dependence – Practical advice – Lecture

Dr Adam Straub addresses benzo dependency with real-world advice and evidence-based recommendations

Does vaping actually work for tobacco cessation?

Three experts explain the evidence and practical implications for GPs...

How one GP made the shift to full-time artist

Dr Christine Read used her GP skills to realise her lifelong painting dream…

Antidepressant withdrawal should be taken seriously – we’re investigating ways to help people come off the pills

Misinformation about antidepressants and is probably fuelling their rise in use. Chief among these false ideas are

Cannabis holds promise for pain management, reducing the need for opioid painkillers – a neuropharmacology expert explains how

Drug overdose deaths from opioids continue to rise in the U.S. as a result of both the misuse of prescription opioids and the illicit drug market

Researchers find clue to preventing addiction relapse

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Anecdotal reports from some professionals have prompted concerns about young people using prescription benzodiazepines such as Xanax for recreational use.

When are they useful and how can you minimise risk of dependence

A far cry from the facetious stigma as ‘mother’s little helper’ in the 1960s; problematic use of benzodiazepines is now largely an “indiscriminate” problem occurring across most sociodemographics, says Dr Adam Straub, addiction medicine physician and general physician.

Dr Adam Straub presents the current state of play for identifying, diagnosing and treating opioid dependence in primary care.

Two options are now widely available in primary care, reducing stigma and improving convenience...

Dr Adam Straub addresses benzo dependency with real-world advice and evidence-based recommendations

Three experts explain the evidence and practical implications for GPs...

Dr Christine Read used her GP skills to realise her lifelong painting dream…

Misinformation about antidepressants and is probably fuelling their rise in use. Chief among these false ideas are

Drug overdose deaths from opioids continue to rise in the U.S. as a result of both the misuse of prescription opioids and the illicit drug market

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Anecdotal reports from some professionals have prompted concerns about young people using prescription benzodiazepines such as Xanax for recreational use.

A far cry from the facetious stigma as ‘mother’s little helper’ in the 1960s; problematic use of benzodiazepines is now largely an “indiscriminate” problem occurring across most sociodemographics, says Dr Adam Straub, addiction medicine physician and general physician. 