Methadone‐related overdose deaths in South Australia, 1984‐1994: How safe is methadone prescribing?
- 1 March 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 166 (6) , 302-305
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb122318.x
Abstract
Objective To assess the safety of prescribing of methadone tablets and syrup in South Australia by investigating overdose deaths of patients using prescribed methadone and non‐patients using illegal...Keywords
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