Alistair Dunn graduated from Auckland Medical School in 1985 , and has worked in General Practice in Whangarei for the last 20 years , gaining FRNZCGP in 1998 . During this time he has also worked part time for the Northland DHB Alcohol & Drug service , and gained fellowship to the Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine in 2004 ( FAChAM ).
| Buprenorphine as a New Opiate Substitute
Concurrent Workshop Repeated |
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| Friday, 13 June 2014 | Start 11:00am | Duration: 55mins | Room 8 |
| Start 12:05pm | Duration: 55mins | Room 8 | |
 Buprenorphine as a new opiate substitute therapy – “Back to the Future” Many GPs will remember Buprenorphine ( Bup ) as “Temgesic”, a sublingual opiate analgesic used in the 1980s and 90s. Unfortunately it became very popular among injecting drug users and was eventually taken off the market. Now Bup is back , as “Suboxone” , a combination of Bup and Naloxone. This sublingual medication was subsidised by PHARMAC in July 2012 for use in opiate detox and also in opiate substitution treatment ( OST ), as an alternative to methadone.
This presentation reviews the pharmacology of Suboxone, compares it with methadone, and discusses the implications of its use in General Practice |
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| Methamphetamines and Legal Highs
Concurrent Workshop Repeated |
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| Friday, 13 June 2014 | Start 4:30pm | Duration: 55mins | Room 1 |
| Start 5:35pm | Duration: 55mins | Room 1 | |
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