| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Konsumräume
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)