AOD resource listing

Alcohol use in rural Australia

Provider: National Rural Health Alliance

Factsheet including strategies for reducing alcohol use and effective interventions.

Alcohol Pregnancy, homelessness, rural health

Delivery format: Article

Language matters factsheet

Provider: Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA) and NSW Users and AIDS Association (NUAA)

Best-practice guidelines on how to use language to empower patients and reinforce a person-centred approach.

Language and communication

Delivery format: PDF | Webpage

How I reduced my opioid prescribing rate

Provider: newsGP

How one GP scaled back prescriptions of opioids and how they did it.

Opioid deprescribing

Delivery format: Article

5 questions to ask about using opioids for back pain or osteoarthritis

Provider: NPS MedicineWise

Patient guide to questions they can ask their healthcare professional.

Chronic non-cancer pain Patient resources

Delivery format: PDF | Webpage

If not opioids, then what?

Provider: NPS MedicineWise

Active self-management as a way to improve function and quality of life for people living with chronic non-cancer pain.

Opioid deprescribing

Delivery format: Website

Information about opioids and chronic non-cancer pain

Provider: NPS MedicineWise

Video guide for patients about things to consider when starting an opioid medicine.

Chronic non-cancer pain Patient resources

Delivery format: Video

Managing benzodiazepine dependence in primary care

Provider: NPS MedicineWise

A framework to help GPs reduce the risk of benzodiazepine-related substance use disorder (SUD), and identify and manage patients with benzodiazepine-related SUD.

Benzodiazepines Withdrawal management

Delivery format: Article

Managing pain and opioid medicines

Provider: NPS MedicineWise

Patient guide to managing pain and opioid medicines.

Chronic non-cancer pain Patient resources

Delivery format: PDF | Webpage

Naloxone Hydrochloride Injection

Provider: NPS MedicineWise

Consumer medicine information leaflet.

Opioid deprescribing Opioid pharmacotherapy Suicide and overdose prevention

Delivery format: Article

Naloxone nasal spray for opioid overdose

Provider: NPS MedicineWise

Overview of naloxone for treatment of suspected opioid overdose.

Opioid deprescribing Opioid pharmacotherapy Suicide and overdose prevention

Delivery format: Article

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