Opioid Maintenance Therapy (OMT) is an effective treatment for opioid addiction. This paper focuses on one major impediment to enabling more Australians to access medication-assisted treatment: the requirement that people on OMT pay a fee for each dose they receive, rather than a flat fee per script.

Examines the effectiveness of oral health promotion programs among Indigenous opiate treatment program clients and analyses dental appointment compliance in this population. Introduction Drug abuse is a significant issue for society with drug-related crimes continuing to be a significant social problem. Oral hygiene goes way down the priority list for these people and while drug...

Sufficient access to needles, syringes and opioid replacement therapies (ORTs) across the western suburbs of Melbourne is an important health issue for the people who require these services, the organisations that support their health and welfare and the communities they live in. This document outlines current issues with access to these services in the western...

This review of the evidence on opioid medications in Tasmania, and also nationally and internationally, has brought up a number of important observations on the changing landscape in Schedule 8 (S8) opioid medication availability, prescribing, and the changes in the regulation of these potent medications that have occurred in Australian jurisdictions and internationally.

This paper examines the latest research on the treatments, identifies gaps in this research and distinguishes the various treatments’ respective costs and benefits.