Confusion reigns over opioid changes

Press/Media: Expert Comment

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Rushed and confusing changes to opioid prescribing could put people’s health and lives at risk, experts say.

Subject

Opioid prescribing

Pain management

Quality use of medicines

TGA

Period15 Jun 2020

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  • TitleConfusion reigns over opioid changes
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletMedical Republic
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    Date15/06/20
    DescriptionRushed and confusing changes to opioid prescribing could put people’s health and lives at risk, experts say.

    The new restrictions on immediate- and slow-release opioids came into effect on June 1, but many GPs were caught unaware, only discovering things had changed when trying to prescribe the drugs in their clinical practice
    Producer/AuthorRuby Prosser Scully
    URLmedicalrepublic.com.au/confusion-reigns-over-opioid-change/30270
    PersonsMark Morgan
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