Many Victorians are dying each year due to misuse of opioids, and many of these deaths are attributable to pharmaceutical opioids. Orticare’s goal is to change this pattern by improving access to treatment for people with opioid dependency.
Many Victorians are dying each year due to misuse of opioids, and many of these deaths are attributable to pharmaceutical opioids. Orticare’s goal is to change this pattern by improving accesss to treatment for people with opioid dependency.
Orticare is the Grampians Loddon Mallee Pharmacotherapy Network, one of five area-based networks in Victoria. We are working to create better access to pharmacotherapy services for all clients living in this region. Our purpose is to support regional health professionals who are providing this treatment through workforce education, clinical support, consultation and promotion.
Orticare, the Grampians Loddon Mallee Pharmacotherapy Area Based Network, have established an Opioid Management Clinic in Ballarat. The OMC is a service available for patients and health care professionals across the Grampians Loddon Mallee. It provides for primary and secondary consultations, and multidisciplinary case conferencing with Dr. Adam Straub B.Sc (CHem) Hon (WVU), MBBS(Melb), FAChAM.
When prescribed opioids are used long term or at higher doses, recognising when opioid use has transitioned from pain management to opioid dependence can be challenging.
Join Orticare for a practical clinical session exploring how to identify and manage opioid dependence, with a focus on the role of buprenorphine-containing products in opioid agonist treatment and supported deprescribing.
Guest speaker: Dr Stephanie Tabner, Addiction Medicine Registrar at GV Health
This clinical network meeting will focus on GHB and benzodiazepines, examining current patterns of use, key clinical risks, and considerations for assessment, withdrawal management, and ongoing support. The session will explore the complexities associated with these substances, including overdose risk and interactions, and encourage discussion of real-world challenges encountered in clinical practice.
Guest speaker: Dr Adam Straub, Addiction Medicine Physician
This clinical network meeting will explore the intersection between alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, family violence and sexual exploitation. The session will examine how these issues may present in practice and contributing factors such as vulnerability, coercion, trauma, gendered violence, and social disadvantage.
Guest speaker: Megan Beagley, Family Violence Specialist and Social Worker
Pharmacotherapy prescribing – an insiders perspective
Pharmacotherapy is an evidence-based medical treatment that can drastically improve and even save lives.
The following is an interview with four passionate advocates and prescribers of this treatment.
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