addictions | Australian Doctor Group

Overdose risk triples when relatives prescribed opioids

26th July 2019

The risk of opioid overdose is three times higher among those whose family members have been prescribed the drugs than with…

10th July 2019

Doctors at a Melbourne hospital have demonstrated the capacity for change in opioid prescribing by almost halving the number…

28th June 2019

GPs may face more assaults and violence from doctor-shoppers under real-time prescription monitoring schemes, AMA…

22nd May 2019

A coroner has expressed frustration at ongoing delays in the provision of real-time monitoring and suggested that a young…

21st August 2019

Osteoporosis in men is often unrecognised and untreated, despite the fact that osteoporosis-related mortality and morbidity…

11th January 2019

Video games are compelling, but does playing them too much constitute a medical condition? The gaming industry is trying to…

30th October 2018

The rate of opioid initiation in Australia dropped by 2.3% between 2013 and 2017. Hooray, right? Pats on the back in GP…

4th October 2018

More than one in three older patients indulges in risky drinking, many of whom see their GP at least three times a year, a…