TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Analgesics, Opioid/therapeutic use
KW - Australia
KW - Buprenorphine/therapeutic use
KW - Chronic Disease/drug therapy/psychology
KW - Disease Management
KW - Female
KW - General Practice
KW - Humans
KW - Methadone/therapeutic use
KW - Opiate Substitution Treatment
KW - Opioid-Related Disorders/drug therapy/psychology/rehabilitation
KW - Patient Care Planning
AU - M. Frei
A1 - 
AB - BACKGROUND: Addiction to opioids, or opioid dependence, encompasses the biopsychosocial dysfunction seen in illicit heroin injectors, as well as aberrant behaviours in patients prescribed opioids for chronic nonmalignant pain. OBJECTIVE: To outline the management of opioid dependence using opioid pharmacotherapy as part of a comprehensive chronic illness management strategy. DISCUSSION: The same principles and skills general practitioners employ in chronic illness management underpin the care of patients with opioid dependence. Opioid pharmacotherapy, with the substitution medications methadone and buprenorphine, is an effective management of opioid dependence. Training and regulatory requirements for prescribing opioid pharmacotherapies vary between jurisdictions, but this treatment should be within the scope of most Australian GPs.
BT - Australian Family Physician
C5 - Opioids & Substance Use; Education & Workforce
CP - 8
CY - Australia
IS - 8
JF - Australian Family Physician
N2 - BACKGROUND: Addiction to opioids, or opioid dependence, encompasses the biopsychosocial dysfunction seen in illicit heroin injectors, as well as aberrant behaviours in patients prescribed opioids for chronic nonmalignant pain. OBJECTIVE: To outline the management of opioid dependence using opioid pharmacotherapy as part of a comprehensive chronic illness management strategy. DISCUSSION: The same principles and skills general practitioners employ in chronic illness management underpin the care of patients with opioid dependence. Opioid pharmacotherapy, with the substitution medications methadone and buprenorphine, is an effective management of opioid dependence. Training and regulatory requirements for prescribing opioid pharmacotherapies vary between jurisdictions, but this treatment should be within the scope of most Australian GPs.
PP - Australia
PY - 2010
SN - 0300-8495; 0300-8495
SP - 548
EP - 552
EP - 
T1 - Opioid dependence - management in general practice
T2 - Australian Family Physician
TI - Opioid dependence - management in general practice
U1 - Opioids & Substance Use; Education & Workforce
U2 - 20877747
VL - 39
VO - 0300-8495; 0300-8495
Y1 - 2010
ER -