Prescription monitoring is here, but we need to tread carefully to avoid unintended harms
- Written by Suzanne Nielsen, Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University
A new prescription monitoring program in Victoria aims to identify people using prescription medicines unsafely.From shutterstock.com
Drug-related deaths in Australia have almost doubled over the past ten years, in large part because of the increased use of opioids. In 2016, middle aged people using combinations of prescription drugs were the most...
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