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Regulatory and other responses to the pharmaceutical opioid problem

Thomas Polasek, Melody Caramins and Graeme Suthers
Med J Aust 2019; 211 (5): . || doi: 10.5694/mja2.50297
Published online: 2 September 2019

To the Editor: We read with interest the article regarding Australia's approach to managing the challenges of pharmaceutical opioid utilisation.1 The various regulatory, service delivery and educational activities described would appear to provide a comprehensive response to this problem. However, we were surprised to note the absence of any reference to the potential of pharmacogenomics in identifying patients at increased risk of opioid toxicity.


  • 1  Certara, Princeton, NJ, USA
  • 2 Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC
  • 3 Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, Sydney, NSW
  • 4 Healius, Sydney, NSW
  • 5 Sonic Healthcare, Sydney, NSW



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