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.
Guest speaker: Dr. Daniel Pham, Addiction Psychiatrist at Turning Point
“Trauma and Substance Use Disorder” explores the complex relationship between traumatic experiences and substance use disorders. The session discusses how trauma can impact the development of addiction and the challenges of treating individuals with co-occurring trauma and substance use disorders.
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.
We at Orticare recognise and celebrate the diversity of the community within which we work. We acknowledge and respect the Traditional Owners of the Lands and Waters where we provide services, the Wadawurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Djab Wurrung, Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk peoples. We acknowledge the important place of all Aboriginal and Torres Islander people who live in our area as the first peoples of Australia and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We welcome and work with people of every age, life stage, race, ability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, cultural and linguistic background, and financial status and are working to improve the health and wellbeing of every person in our community no matter their circumstance.
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