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Australien. ‘Game changer’ treatment cuts heroin use

Australien. ‘Game changer’ treatment cuts heroin use

An opioid treatment being introduced around Australia has been dubbed a game changer after dozens of users at Melbourne’s safe injecting room stopped taking heroin.

The Richmond site was among the first in Australia to provide depot buprenorphine, a slow-release injection given weekly or monthly, outside clinical trials after it was approved for use in September 2019. (Sydney Morning Herald, Australien, 10.05.2021)

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/game-changer-treatment-cuts-heroin-use-20210505-p57p2i.html