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National Pharmacotherapy Policy for People Dependent on Opioids

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These guidelines have been prepared to provide a broad policy context and a framework for State and Territory policies and guidelines that are concerned with the treatment of heroin dependence with methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone. They were originally published in May 2004 and updated and republished in January 2007.

Published by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing for National Drug Strategy
January 2007

These guidelines have been prepared to provide a broad policy context and a framework for State and Territory policies and guidelines that are concerned with the treatment of heroin dependence with methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone. They were originally published in May 2004 and updated and republished in January 2007.

National Pharmacotherapy Policy for People Dependent on Opioids (PDF 412 KB)

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