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Substance-related disorders

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Severe hypoglycaemia secondary to chronic opioid‐induced hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis suppression: an under‐recognised phenomenon

Michael Do, Annabelle G Hayes and Malgorzata M Brzozowska

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (9): 434-435 Free

Perspective

Exploring the role of urine drug screening in opioid agonist therapy

Grace FitzGerald, Sione Crawford, Adrian J Dunlop, Jon Cook, Dean Membrey, Paul MacCartney and Thileepan Naren

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (8): 381-383 Free

Research

The relative toxicity of medicines detected after poisoning suicide deaths in Australia, 2013–19: a data linkage case series study

Jessy Lim, Nicholas A Buckley, Kate Chitty, Andrea L Schaffer, Jennifer Schumann, Zein Ali and Rose Cairns

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (7): 339-347 Free

Research

The costs and benefits of a prison needle and syringe program in Australia, 2025–30: a modelling study

Farah Houdroge, Samantha Colledge‐Frisby, Nadine Kronfli, Rebecca J Winter, Joanne Carson, Mark Stoove and Nick Scott

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (8): 396-402 Free

Perspective

Responding to reports of nitazene toxicity in Australia

Brendan Clifford, Amy Peacock, Krista J Siefried, John Gobeil, Jennifer L Smith and Nadine Ezard

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (5): 216-219 Free

Research letter

Methylphenidate and (lis)dexamfetamine toxicity‐related deaths of adults, Australia, 2000–24: analysis of NCIS data

Shane Darke, Amy Peacock, Johan A Duflou, Michael Farrell and Julia Lappin

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (5): 259-261 Free

Perspective

Improving palliative care for people who use alcohol and other drugs

Grace FitzGerald, Jon Cook, Peter Higgs, Charles Henderson, Sione Crawford and Thileepan Naren

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 164-167 Free

Consensus statement

National consensus statement on opioid agonist treatment in custodial settings

Jocelyn Chan, Jon Cook, Michael Curtis, Adrian J Dunlop, Ele Morrison, Suzanne Nielsen, Rebecca J Winter and Thileepan Naren

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (5): 262-268 Free

Research letter

Cannabis poisonings in Australia following the legalisation of medicinal cannabis, 2014–24: analysis of NSW Poisons Information Centre data

Rose Cairns, Sara Allaf and Nicholas A Buckley

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (3): 155-157 Free

Narrative review

Current approaches to the identification and management of gambling disorder: a narrative review to inform clinical practice in Australia and New Zealand

Simone N Rodda, Stephanie S Merkouris and Nicki A Dowling

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): 495-500 Free

Letters

Is the current commercial model of medicinal cannabis in the best interest of patients?

Richard CJ Bradlow and Ferghal Armstrong

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (11): 592-592 Free

Research

The Health4Life e‐health intervention for modifying lifestyle risk behaviours of adolescents: secondary outcomes of a cluster randomised controlled trial

Siobhan O'Dean, Matthew Sunderland, Nicola Newton, Lauren Gardner, Maree Teesson, Cath Chapman, Louise Thornton, Tim Slade, Leanne Hides, Nyanda McBride, Frances J Kay‐Lambkin, Steve J Allsop, David Lubans, Belinda Parmenter, Katherine Mills, Bonnie Spring, Bridie Osman, Rhiannon Ellem, Scarlett Smout, Karrah McCann, Emily Hunter, Amra Catakovic and Katrina Champion

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (8): 417-424 Free

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

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

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 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