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Editorial
. 2018 Feb;41(1):2-3.
doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2018.006. Epub 2018 Jan 23.

Changes for codeine

Darren M Roberts  1 , Suzanne Nielsen  2
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Editorial

Changes for codeine

Darren M Roberts et al. Aust Prescr. 2018 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: Therapeutic Goods Administration; codeine; drug abuse; drug regulation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: Suzanne Nielsen is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council research fellowship (#1132433). The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW Sydney is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Substance Misuse Prevention and Service Improvements Grant Fund. She is a named investigator on untied educational grants from Indivior (no salary funding received), and provided education to health professionals on the identification and treatment of codeine dependence for Indivior.

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