Louisa Picco

Jul 7, 2024 | openforum.com.au | Louisa Picco

Australia is in the grips of an opioid crisis. Opioid related-deaths — some from illicit drugs including heroin, but many more from prescription opioids commonly used to treat pain — have dramatically increased over the past two decades. In 2022, more than 1,022 people died from opioid drugs in Australia.

Jul 7, 2024 | eastmojo.com | Suzanne Nielsen |Louisa Picco

Representational Image This drug to prevent opioid deaths is free, and available without a prescription across Australia. So why has uptake of naloxone been slow? Australia is in the grips of an opioid crisis. Opioid related-deaths — some from illicit drugs including heroin, but many more from prescription opioids commonly used to treat pain — have dramatically increased over the past two decades.

Feb 2, 2024 | bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Ting Xia |Louisa Picco |Rachelle Buchbinder |Romi Haas

1 What is already known about this subject Inconsistent effects of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) on prescribing have been found across different studies. There is little understanding of how PDMP use impacts prescribing for individual patients, including the prescribing of nonmonitored medications. PDMP use may lead to a rise in prescribing of alternative medications that are not monitored, known as a substitution effect.