Treatments for Drug Addiction
Follow the links below to find information about treatments for drug and substance addiction and withdrawal symptoms.
Reviewed October 2011
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| Title: | Heroin dependence - drug treatments |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Medication treatments (pharmacotherapies) for heroin dependence include methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone. When a person becomes dependent on heroin or other opioids, they have a problem that may need treatment and support. Treatment is offered through an approved prescriber (doctor) or a drug treatment service. |
| Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Title: | Drugs in Australia 2010: tobacco, alcohol and other drugs |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Description: | Drugs in Australia 2010 provides a comprehensive summary of Australians' consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and use of treatment services, drawing on the latest statistics from major national collections. |
| Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Title: | Cocaine |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Cocaine (also known as coke, crack or blow) is an illegal stimulant drug that speeds up the workings of the brain. It works by tapping into the brain's chemical reward system so the risk of someone becoming dependent on cocaine is high. |
| Date: | May 2011 |
| Title: | National Drug Strategy: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Complementary Action Plan 2003-2009 |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | This action plan was endorsed by the Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy on 1 August 2003 to help provide a nationally co-ordinated and integrated approach to reduce drug-related harm among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data collection: 2010 report |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Description: | On a snapshot day in 2010 there were 46,078 clients who received pharmacotherapy for opioid dependence, of which almost two in three were male. This was an overall increase of just over 2,600 clients since 2009. |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | Cocaine |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Cocaine is a stimulant drug. It speeds up the brain and nervous system, and also has a painkilling effect. |
| Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Title: | Getting help for drug use |
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| Publisher: | Inspire Foundation |
| Description: | This fact sheet contains information about options for reducing drug use. |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Treatments for drug dependence |
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| Publisher: | inspire foundation |
| Description: | Information about drug dependence as well as a number of treatment options that are available. |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Getting help for Ice use |
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| Publisher: | Inspire Foundation |
| Description: | Get some advice (including possible treatments) about how to stop/reduce using ice. |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Fact sheet 9 - Reducing alcohol and other drugs |
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| Publisher: | beyondblue |
| Description: | Fact sheet 9 Reducing Alcohol and other Drugs |
| Date: | Aug 2010 |
| Title: | Inhalants |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Use of inhalants ('sniffing', 'choofing') has been going on for a long time. It is more common for people under 16 years of age to use inhalants as inhalants may be easier for young people to get than alcohol or other drugs. |
| Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Title: | Treating pain in people with an opioid addiction |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | Patients with severe pain can be given strong painkilling medicines such as morphine. However, if the person has been using drugs like heroin, the morphine may not work very well. |
| Date: | Oct 2008 |
| Title: | Cocaine: tolerance and dependence - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Regular users of cocaine may develop a 'reverse tolerance' where they experience the effects of the drug more intensely. |
| Date: | Mar 2007 |
| Title: | National clinical guidelines and procedures for the use of buprenorphine in the treatment of opioid dependence |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | These guidelines have been developed to assist in the safe and effective provision of buprenorphine treatment in Australia. |
| Date: | Oct 2006 |
| Title: | Amphetamines (speed): tolerance and dependence - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Dependence on amphetamines can be psychological or physical, or both. |
| Date: | Sep 2006 |
| Title: | Inhalants: tolerance, dependence and treatment - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Tolerance can develop with regular use of inhalants. |
| Date: | Sep 2006 |
| Title: | Cannabis: withdrawal and treatment - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Stopping cannabis use abruptly can produce a mild withdrawal syndrome. |
| Date: | Sep 2006 |
| Title: | Heroin: withdrawal and treatment - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | If a person dependent on heroin suddenly stops taking it, withdrawal symptoms may result. |
| Date: | Sep 2006 |
| Title: | Models of intervention and care for psychostimulant users, 2nd edition - monograph series no. 51 |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | This monograph documents the prevalence and risks associated with psychostimulant use, describes the pharmacology of psychostimulants, and identifies best practice in detoxification and clinical interventions for psychostimulant use. |
| Date: | Apr 2004 |
| Title: | Products to help you quit smoking |
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| Publisher: | Multicultural Health Communication Service |
| Description: | Guide to products to help you quit smoking, including nicotine replacement therapy (patches, gum, lozenges, sublingual tablets and inhalers) and medication. Also includes other strategies to help you quit. |
| Date: | Apr 2004 |
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