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Identifying Schedule 8 and Schedule 4 Drugs with Elevated Misuse and Mortality Risks

What drugs are monitored by SafeScript and why?

Cracking Addiction
April 15, 2019•0 min read

Further to a literature review carried out by Austin Health the following list of medications were identified as being associated with a high risk of misuse and or an elevated risk of deathAll schedule 8 medications

Certain schedule 4 drugs including:
All Benzodiazepines
All z-drugs
Quetiapine
Codeine

Other drugs that have not yet made it onto the “watch-list” include tramadol and the gabapentinoids. At the time of the original literature review these drugs were not found to be high risk. However, things may change as further evidence comes to light

High-risk medicationsSchedule 8 drugsBenzodiazepinesQuetiapineMisuse risksMortality risks
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Dr Ferghal Armstrong

Dr. Ferghal Armstrong is a highly respected specialist in addiction medicine with extensive experience across various disciplines. As a Fellow of the Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine (FAChAM) and the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM), as well as a Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence (MATOD) trainer.

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