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…
The RACGP has heralded new PBS listings for opioid dependence treatment as a victory for patients, but GPs and pharmacists say they are primed to backfire. Taree GP Dr…
An impending ban on GPs administering long-acting buprenorphine as a private script will risk vulnerable patients falling through the cracks, says GP and addiction expert…
Patients paying $150 a month for opioid dependence treatment will see their out-of-pocket costs slashed to $30 a month under major PBS changes, the RACGP says.…
Doctors have described the trauma, stigma and fear that comes with a health impairment notification, as the RACGP steps up its push to have mandatory…
More than 30 patients have died in the past decade after overdosing on baclofen, an antispasmodic that is commonly prescribed off label to treat alcohol…
The RACGP has urged all state governments to embrace pill testing, following the lead of Queensland and the ACT. The Queensland Government announced this weekend…
A Victorian coroner has criticised the care provided by a doctor to an Aboriginal woman who died in custody, finding her death could have been…
A GP who once admitted he was not cut out for private general practice has been banned indefinitely following the death of a first-time patient…
Medicine — as we are all aware — is an art, and it is the human connection between doctor and patient that is the backbone…
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