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How can opioid deaths be reduced? – RACGP

New studies further verify the benefits of pharmacotherapy for opioid dependence in greatly reducing all-cause mortality rates.

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New studies further verify the benefits of pharmacotherapy for opioid dependence in greatly reducing all-cause mortality rates.
Methadone is the most commonly used form of pharmacotherapy for opioid dependence in Australia.
It is no revelation that death rates among people with opioid dependence is higher than that of the general population.In Australia, opioids were present in three in five (60%) drug-induced deaths in 2019. In the same year, 25% of the 1865 drug-induced deaths were attributed…

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