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In this issue:

Issue 101
  • A message from the CEO
  • My Pain Journey campaign
  • Parliamentary Friends Meeting
  • ANZCA procedures for pain management
  • Painaustralia Membership
  • Survey on nerve pain medicine
  • Productivity Commission Mental Health Report
  • Take-Home Naloxone Pilot program
  • New Chronic Pain Management Service
  • Submissions and Policy Updates
  • Videos and webinars
  • Events
  • Media
  • Guest article: Periods, Pain and Endometriosis Program (PPEP-Talk)
  • Guest article: HOW DOES THE LAW DEAL WITH PAIN? By Richard Faulks, Sneddon Hall & Gallop Lawyers

THN Pilot program

The Australian Government is investing in a pilot program to make naloxone available free to people who may experience, or witness, an opioid overdose.

Naloxone is a drug that can temporarily reverse the effects of an opioid overdose or adverse reaction. If someone has overdosed on opioids they will be unconscious or awake, but unable to talk. It’s unlikely they will be able to administer naloxone themselves. Naloxone can administered by injection or delivered through a nasal spray.

The Take-Home Naloxone pilot program is for:

  • people who are at risk of an opioid overdose or adverse reaction, their carers, friends and family members
  • approved providers such as community pharmacists, dispensing doctors and hospital pharmacists

Click here to find out more.

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If your organisation cares about people in pain and wants to make a difference, please consider becoming a member of Painaustralia.

Our capacity to influence government policy and improve understanding and management of pain is directly related to the strength of our membership network. Your support could make all the difference.
 

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With one in five Australians living with pain it is likely that someone you know is directly affected. Painaustralia is the national peak body working to improve the quality of life of people living with pain, their families and carers, and to minimise the social and economic burden of pain.

Donations of more than $100 will be acknowledged in the Painaustralia Annual Review, unless you wish to remain anonymous. Note that all donations over $2 are tax deductible.

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