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The following items are arranged in chronological order of addition to the site, with the most recent at the top.

Guidance for the Prevention, Testing, Treatment &
Management of Hepatitis C in Primary Care
- RCGP (1st Edition, 2007, Updated 07-11-07)
Includes appendices on: hepatitis A and B vaccination guidance, hepatitis B and HIV.
Note: In a previous version of this guidance, Table 2 on page 19 gave the dose of interferon in milligrams when it should have been in micrograms.		 - Adobe Acrobat Document
PDF (.pdf, 3.1MB)
Guidelines for Community Dose Induction (CDI) & Assessment
- Adapted from "Slaying the Dragon" - the Birmingham Shared Care Guide produced by a partnership of Birmingham GPs, Drug Solutions Birmingham & the Birmingham Drug Action Team (May 2006)		 - Adobe Acrobat Document
PDF (.pdf, 56K)
Flow Chart for Community Dose Assessment (CDA)
Using Supervised Consumption (SC) with Daily Dispensing
- Adapted from "Slaying the Dragon" - the Birmingham Shared Care Guide produced by a partnership of Birmingham GPs, Drug Solutions Birmingham & the Birmingham Drug Action Team (May 2006)		 - Adobe Acrobat Document
PDF (.pdf, 40K)
Methadone Guidelines
- Annette Verster & Ernst Buning, Euro-Methwork (Jan 2006)		 Read on the Victorian Government Health Information Web Site
Read on the Euro-Methwork Web Site		 -
Buprenorphine - Critical Questions Answered
- Annette Verster & Ernst Buning, Euro-Methwork (Jan 2006)		 Read on the Victorian Government Health Information Web Site
Read on the Euro-Methwork Web Site		 -
Guidance on Prescribing Benzodiazepines to Drug Users in Primary Care
- Dr Chris Ford, Kay Roberts & Jean-Claude Barjolin (Updated Oct 2005)		 - Adobe Acrobat Document
PDF (.pdf, 93K)
Alcohol and Other Drugs - A Handbook for Health Professionals
- National Centre for Education and Training in the Addictions (NCETA) (Oct 2005)		 Read on the NCETA Web Site
Read on the NCETA Web Site		 -
Methadone Guidelines: Prescribers & Pharmacists
- Victorian Government Health Information (Oct 2005)		 Read on the Victorian Government Health Information Web Site
Read on the Victorian Gov Health Info Web Site		 -
Australian Alcohol Guidelines: Health Risks & Benefits
- National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Oct 2005)		 Read on the NHMRC Web Site
Read on the NHMRC Web Site		 -
Guidelines for the Treatment of Alcohol Problems
- National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre (Oct 2005)		 Read on the Australian Government Dept of Health & Ageing Web Site
Read on the Australian Gov Dept of Health & Ageing Web Site		 -
US NIH Consensus Statement on the Effective Medical Treatment of Heroin Addiction
- US National Institute of Health (Oct 2005)		 Read on the NIH Web Site
Read on the NIH Web Site		 -
RCGP Guidance for the Use of Methadone for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence in Primary Care
- RCGP & SMMGP (Sep 2005)		 - Adobe Acrobat Document
PDF (.pdf, 510K)
RCGP Guidance for Hepatitis A & B Vaccination of Drug Users in Primary Care & Criteria for Audit
- RCGP & SMMGP (Apr 2005)		 - Adobe Acrobat Document
PDF (.pdf, 703K)
RCGP Guidance for Working with Cocaine & Crack Users in Primary Care
- RCGP & SMMGP (Nov 2004)		 - Adobe Acrobat Document
PDF (.pdf, 706K)
RCGP Toolkit for General Practitioners & Primary Care Organisations
Criteria, Standards & Evidence Required for Practitioners Working with Drug Users
- RCGP & SMMGP (Updated Nov 2004)		 - Adobe Acrobat Document
PDF (.pdf, 334K)
Guidance for the Use of Buprenorphine for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence in Primary Care
- RCGP & SMMGP (Updated Oct 2004)
These are the new guidelines that are intended to aid GPs in the use of buprenorphine as a substitute medication for opiod dependence for maintenance and detoxification.
Includes main document, Patient Information Sheet, and Summary Sheet.		 - Adobe Acrobat Document
PDF (.pdf, 373K)
CJIP - Clinical Guidance to Maximise Access to Drug Treatment
- Criminal Justice Intervention Programme (Jul 2004)
This document aims to provide additional guidance to inform the work undertaken by Criminal Justice Intervention Programme teams in relation to their role in providing and facilitating access to drug treatment.		 - Adobe Acrobat Document
PDF (.pdf, 58K)
Hepatitis C Testing Proforma + Back-up Information
- RCGP Sex, Drugs & HIV Task Group (Updated Mar 2004)
This proforma is designed to record and prompt appropriate discussion prior to Hepatitis C testing and to ensure fully informed consent is obtained prior to testing. It states that it should be used in conjunction with the accompanying sheet "Hepatitis C testing: back-up Information".		 - Adobe Acrobat Document
PDF (.pdf, 25K)
Starting Methadone Safely
- RCGP Sex, Drugs & HIV Task Group (Mar 2004)
This article provides some guidance and for GPs who are not so familiar with caring for drug users.		 - Adobe Acrobat Document
PDF (.pdf, 10K)
Clinical Guidelines & Procedures for the Use of Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Heroin Dependence
- AusInfo for Commonwealth Dept. of Health (Jun 2001)		 Read on the Australian Dept. of Health & Ageing Web Site
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