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Providers highlight gaps in drug dependency

Clair Morton

TREATMENT providers have expressed concern that a lack of registered pharmacotherapy providers in Swan Hill may be hindering the recovery of prescription drug and opiod dependent patients in the area.The pharmacotherapy program offered by Swan Hill’s Alcohol and Other Drugs Service replaces illegal or illegally sought opiates with long-acting synthetic opiates, which reduce the harm […]

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