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…
Tag: Addictions
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…
‘Young people with what looks like advanced dementia’: The pointy end of nitrous oxide abuse
Nangs, whippets, NOS, whatever patients call cannisters of nitrous oxide — doctors have implicated them in neurological damage in young patients. Available for less than…
Opioid initiation leads to sustained use in only 3% of patients: Aussie study
Most patients started on opioids use them short term, with minimal evidence of prolonged use over five years, according to an Australian-first study. The analysis…
Only 1 in 30 Aboriginal patients with alcohol dependency prescribed meds: study
Just one in 30 Indigenous patients with likely alcohol dependency are prescribed medication for relapse prevention, according to Australian-first research. The year-long study involving some…
