Addiction Care Study Guide

Addiction care, made calm. 🩶

A 15-page study guide to alcohol, opioid treatment, overdose response and harm reduction, written by a pharmacy student for pharmacy, nursing and medical students in Australia. Every topic gets its own page, with a mechanism diagram, Australian brands and doses, the side effects that matter, monitoring, red flags and a real pharmacy-counter case.

What's inside

• 01 Cover + contents
• 02 Addiction basics: the reward pathway, the right words, stages of change, brief intervention
• 03 Alcohol: standard drinks, withdrawal, thiamine, acamprosate vs naltrexone
• 04 Opioid treatment: methadone, buprenorphine, long-acting injections, dispensing in pharmacy
• 05 Overdose response: recognising overdose, naloxone products, supplying naloxone
• 06 Nicotine: withdrawal, quit tools, quitting with a mental illness
• 07 Prescription drugs: benzodiazepine tapering, gabapentinoids, red flags at the counter
• 08 Other substances: stimulants, MDMA, cannabis and medicinal cannabis, GHB
• 09 Harm reduction: needle and syringe programs, hepatitis C cure, referral pathways
• 10 Special populations: pregnancy, young people, older adults, culturally safe care
• 11 Four case studies
• 12 Practice questions (12 multiple choice + 2 short answer)
• 13 Full answers with explanations
• 14–15 24 cut-and-fold flashcards

Why you'll like it

• Australian products (Campral, Suboxone, Buvidal, Nyxoid, Epclusa) and current Australian guidance
• Pastel, hand-illustrated pages that are easy on tired eyes
• Built for exams, OSCEs and placement

Format

• 1 PDF file, 15 pages, A4 size
• Print at home or at a print shop, or import into GoodNotes, Notability or any PDF app
• Instant download after purchase. This is a digital file: nothing will be posted.

Please note

• For personal study use only. Please don't share, resell or upload the file anywhere.
• This guide is a study aid, not clinical or prescribing advice. Always check the current Australian Medicines Handbook and product information.
• Because this is a digital file, I can't offer change-of-mind refunds. If something's wrong with your file, message me and I'll fix it or refund you.

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