Opioid dependence treatment (ODT), including buprenorphine or methadone, is highly effective and reduces the health, social and economic harms for people experiencing opioid dependence, as well as for their families, and communities.
Training, Guidelines and resources enable safe, effective and person-centred prescribing and dispensing of ODT across Victoria.
- The Victorian Opioid Dependence Treatment Guidelines ensure individual practice meets regulatory and medicolegal requirements in Victoria.
- Training and resources for prescribers have been produced by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP).
- Training and resources for pharmacists supplying ODT have been produced by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Victorian Branch.
- Approvals to prescribe methadone and permits to treat patients with opioid dependence are overseen by the Victorian Department of Health.
Opioid Dependence Treatment Guidelines in Victoria
The Victorian Opioid Dependence Treatment Guidelines ensure individual practice meets regulatory and medicolegal requirements in Victoria.
Opioid Dependence Treatment training
Training is available for medical practitioners and pharmacists to help manage patients on pharmacotherapy.
Opioid Dependence Treatment in Victoria - Approvals and Support
Upon training completion, there are approval pathways for prescribers and pharmacists to prescribe and dispense ODT.
Opioid Dependence Treatment transfers and permit termination
A medical or nurse practitioner involved in a methadone or buprenorphine program must inform the department if a patient is terminated from a program.
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