State health officials are reporting between 10 and 30 doctors a month to AHPRA — here’s why
Health department officials in Victoria say they are routinely reporting between 10 and 30 doctors a month to AHPRA. Not all of them end up…
Tag: Addictions
Patients using up to 500 ‘nangs’ a day: Aussie case series
Nitrous oxide abuse is causing severe symptoms from psychosis and hallucinations to spinal cord degeneration, ED doctors report in a case series of 22 Australian…
ADHD an ‘inherent risk factor’ for cocaine and other stimulant abuse, says psychiatrist
Patients with undiagnosed ADHD are turning to cocaine and other illicit substances to self-manage their symptoms, a psychiatrist has warned. Dr Ashlea White, who is…
30 years on the front line: The GP still treating patients who inject drugs
Associate Professor John Furler has been on the front line, treating patients who use illicit drugs, for almost 30 years while also forging his academic…
Assume all vapers, even kids, are highly nicotine dependent: smoking cessation expert
Editor’s note: The headline has been updated. It previously stated that Professor Renee Bittoun was a medical doctor, but this was incorrect. She has a…
How getting lost helped Dostoevsky overcome his gambling addiction
Dostoevsky had to write The Gambler in two months. He had no choice. He had accepted 3000 roubles from a publisher named Stellovsky to keep…
GPs can expect almost a million extra appointments this year for vaping scripts
GPs can expect almost a million extra appointments from patients seeking vape scripts in 2024 as the Federal Government’s vaping crackdown begins, says analysis commissioned…
Pregabalin misuse and abrupt cessation a recipe for delirium: case
Taking 13 times the prescribed daily dose of pregabalin before abruptly stopping treatment ended badly for a middle-aged man who was hospitalised with delirium, report…
Clampdown on GP-administered buprenorphine delayed for seven months
The ban on GPs privately prescribing and administering long-acting buprenorphine onsite has been delayed until 30 June 2024. Opioid dependence treatments were added to the…
One in 20 Aussie teens are regular vapers, new research suggests
A quarter of teenagers have tried e-cigarettes and one in 20 are regular vapers, according to Australian researchers who say the habit is rising among…
