Buprenorphine clinical guidelines for treatment of opioid dependence

New Zealand Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Buprenorphine (with or without Naloxone) in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Cardiovascular Guidelines Handbook launched

To help reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke, the New Zealand Guidelines Group has published an updated Cardiovascular Guidelines Handbook.

BMJ Best Treatments is now available free in NZ

The Ministry of Health has funded free access to BestTreatments for those browsing the web from within New Zealand.

BestTreatments is a reliable evidence-based health information for New Zealand consumers.

Everyone browsing the web from within New Zealand can gain free access to BestTeatments which contains easy-to-understand information about 180 conditions – everything from acid reflux, glue ear and high blood pressure, through to multiple sclerosis, ovarian cancer and stroke.

The site is run by the BMJ Publishing Group, using information from widely accepted worldwide research and approved by doctors who are specialists in the field. It describes:

* treatments that work
* treatments that are likely to work
* harms and benefits
* treatments that are unlikely to work or may be harmful information on tests and operations

You can access the BestTreatments site at http://www.besttreatments.co.nz

New MoH methadone guidelines published

New Methadone Guideline

Drug use in Sports

Drugs in Sport