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Substance-related disorders

Editorials

Interventions for reducing the prescribing of pharmaceutical opioids in Australia: are they effectively reducing opioid harm?

Suzanne Nielsen and Ting Xia

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (6): 311-312

Research letters

The uptake of long‐acting depot buprenorphine for treating opioid dependence in Australia, 2019–2022: longitudinal sales data analysis

Nicholas Lintzeris, Victoria Hayes and Adrian J Dunlop

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (6): 339-340 Free

Letters

A brief intervention for improving alcohol literacy and reducing harmful alcohol use by women attending a breast screening service: a randomised controlled trial

Alain Braillon

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 559-560 Free

Letters

A brief intervention for improving alcohol literacy and reducing harmful alcohol use by women attending a breast screening service: a randomised controlled trial

Jasmin Grigg, Victoria Manning and Dan I Lubman

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 560-560 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Management of opiate dependence related to dihydrocodeine–sorbitol misuse

Richard CJ Bradlow, Baden Hicks, Temika Mu, Daniel Pham, Michelle Sharkey, Noel Plumley, Dan I Lubman and Shalini Arunogiri

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 200-201 Free

Research

Substance use, socio‐demographic characteristics, and self‐rated health of people seeking alcohol and other drug treatment in New South Wales: baseline findings from a cohort study

Emma Black, Raimondo Bruno, Kristie Mammen, Llewellyn Mills, Krista J Siefried, Rachel M Deacon, Anthony Shakeshaft, Adrian J Dunlop, Nadine Ezard, Mark Montebello, Steven Childs, David Reid, Jennifer Holmes and Nicholas Lintzeris

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 218-226 Free

Research letter

Hepatitis C treatment hesitancy among people with heroin dependence in Australia. A prospective cohort study

Chris Tremonti, Maree Teesson, Christina Marel, Katherine Mills and Paul S Haber

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 227-229 Free

Research

A brief intervention for improving alcohol literacy and reducing harmful alcohol use by women attending a breast screening service: a randomised controlled trial

Jasmin Grigg, Victoria Manning, Darren Lockie, Michelle Giles, Robin J Bell, Peta Stragalinos, Chloe Bernard, Christopher J Greenwood, Isabelle Volpe, Liam Smith, Peter Bragge and Dan I Lubman

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 511-519 Free

Research letters

The South Australian Emergency Department Admission Blood Psychoactive Testing (EDABPT) program: first results

Sam Alfred, Peter Stockham, Emma Partridge, Alastair Ward, Hannah Green, Jake Mallon, Chris Kostakis, Andrew Camilleri and Daniel Haustead

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 376-377 Free

Letters

Kamini: an underappreciated cause of opioid dependence

Thileepan Naren and Jon Cook

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (6): 284-284 Free

Research

Eliminating hepatitis C in Australia: a novel model of hepatitis C testing and treatment for people who inject drugs at a medically supervised injecting facility

Michael B MacIsaac, Bradley Whitton, Adrian Hubble, Shelley Cogger, Matthew Penn, Anthony Weeks, Kasey Elmore, David Pemberton, Jenine Anderson, Rebecca Howard, Una McKeever, Timothy Papaluca, Margaret E Hellard, Mark Stoove, David Wilson, Alisa Pedrana, Joseph Doyle, Nico Clark, Jacinta Holmes and Alexander J Thompson

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (6): 256-261 Free

Consensus statement

Consensus recommendations on the management of hepatitis C in Australia's prisons

Rebecca J Winter, Yumi Sheehan, Timothy Papaluca, Graeme A Macdonald, Joy Rowland, Anton Colman, Mark Stoove, Andrew R Lloyd and Alexander J Thompson

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (5): 231-237 Free

Research letter

Non‐fatal opioid overdose after release from prison among men who injected drugs prior to their imprisonment: a prospective data linkage study

Michael Curtis, Paul Dietze, Rebecca J Winter, Kasun Rathnayake, Karen Smith and Mark Stoove

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (2): 94-95 Free

Letters

What doctors should consider before prescribing e‐liquids for e‐cigarettes

Alexander Larcombe, David Chapman and Miranda Ween

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (10): 548-548

Letters

What doctors should consider before prescribing e‐liquids for e‐cigarettes

Colin P Mendelsohn and Carolyn Beaumont

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (10): 547-547

Perspectives

Twenty‐one years at the Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre, Sydney Australia: addressing the remaining questions

Carolyn A Day, Allison Salmon, Marianne Jauncey, Mark Bartlett and Amanda Roxburgh

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (8): 385-387 Free

Narrative review

Review of management priorities for invasive infections in people who inject drugs: highlighting the need for patient‐centred multidisciplinary care

Lucy O Attwood, Megan McKechnie, Olga Vujovic, Peter Higgs, Martyn Lloyd‐Jones, Joseph S Doyle and Andrew J Stewardson

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (2): 102-109 Free

Editorials

Responding to the rising number of suicides using barbiturates

Bridin P Murnion and Darren M Roberts

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (4): 187-188

Medical education / Snapshot

Vision loss and methamphetamine use

Yi Fan Tang and Elaine Chong

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (2): 72-72

Letters

Screening and brief interventions for harmful alcohol use: where to now?

Chris B Holmwood

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 526-526

Letters

Screening and brief interventions for harmful alcohol use: where to now?

Jana Malinovská and Jan Brož

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 525-525

Guideline summary

Revision of the Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol

Katherine M Conigrave, Robert L Ali, Rebecca Armstrong, Tanya N Chikritzhs, Peter d’Abbs, Mark F Harris, Nicole Hewlett, Michael Livingston, Dan I Lubman, Anne McKenzie, Colleen O’Leary, Alison Ritter, Scott Wilson, Melanie Grimmond and Emily Banks

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 518-524 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Poppy seed tea dependence requiring depot buprenorphine treatment

Shalini Arunogiri, Rowan Dowling, Vicky Phan, Michelle Sharkey, Temika Mu and Dan I Lubman

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 504-505

Research

Barbiturate‐related hospitalisations, drug treatment episodes, and deaths in Australia, 2000‒2018

Shane Darke, Agata Chrzanowska, Gabrielle Campbell, Emma Zahra and Julia Lappin

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (4): 194-198 Free

Letters

Greater scrutiny needed of alcohol companies’ use of brand extensions

Hannah Pierce and Julia Stafford

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 334-335.e1