This Page is about Getting on the Program
Toombul Clinic is closed. Not taking any new patients.
General:
When we start a patient on the program (ORT – opioid replacement therapy), we will usually only increase one medication at a time. Medication combinations when increasing doses can be dangerous. So we will usually get the opioid dose stable, before adding in any other medication such as for sedation or anxiety.
Medications such as benzos (diazepam or Valium) and narcotics (buprenorphine, Subutex, Suboxone, methadone), multiply their effects when their added together. They do not add their effects when taken together. This means that we are very careful in using multiple medications, if we are increasing doses.
Many clinics have the clinic policy of “ONE PROBLEM --- ONE CONSULTATION”.
ToombulDoc.com
Directions for: MDC Clinic Fortitude Valley
ToombulDoc.com Go To Home Page ToombulDoc.com
Contact Details
Dr Andrew Pluta
UMC North Lakes Doctors
26 Torres Crescent, North Lakes
P: 3482 3123
umcnorthlakes@unitedmedical.net.au
The Science of Addiction Medicine www.DDDocs.com.au
( < Click to Follow Link)
( < Click to Follow Link)
( < Click to Follow Link)
( < Click to Follow Link)
( < Click to Follow Link)
( < Click to Follow Link)
( < Click to Follow Links)
( < Click to Follow Link)
Victorian Opioid Doctors Crisis
Short Version ( Dr Pluta's Story) .
Long Version (Dr Pluta's Story).