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Using opioids for pain relief during pregnancy
10 August 2022Opioid analgesics may be used at any stage of pregnancy at the lowest effective dose for the short-term relief of pain when other analgesics are not effective.
Example medicines to prescribe by brand name in primary care
27 March 2022Prescribe certain medicines by brand to ensure supply of the same product. Examples are grouped by therapeutic area. The list of products is not exhaustive.
RMOC Buprenorphine Long-acting Injection Guidance
19 April 2021On behalf of the national Regional Medicines Optimisation Committee system, RMOC (South) has led development of “Buprenorphine long-acting injection: considerations for opioid substitution treatment use…
Safety in Lactation: Opioid dependence
27 October 2020An assessment of the risks associated with breastfeeding by an opioid-dependent mother, in terms of sustaining successful breastfeeding and possible exposure of the infant to…
Safety in Lactation: Opioid analgesics
21 October 2020The evidence relating to the safe use of opioid analgesics in breastfeeding mothers is very variable between individual drugs. This group of drugs presents a…
Lactation Safety Information
For pain
For pain
Small amounts in breast milk
Includes combinations with naloxone
Infant monitoring advised, especially in young infants (see summary)
23 September 2020
For opioid dependence
For opioid dependence
Considered safe for short-term use
Small amounts in breast milk
Infant monitoring advised, especially in young infants (see summary)
23 September 2020