Long-term government employee and dog lover, Kylie, 43, Perth was the antithesis of a “party-girl.” She didn’t smoke, drink heavily or use illicit substances. In 2010, however, Kylie, who was living with kidney failure, and a collapsed lung filled with fluid, was hospitalised, and treated with codeine and opioids, including oxycodone to numb her pain.…

At 13 years of age she has smoked marijuana, and by 14 years of age, was comfortable “having a drink”.Mother-of-two, Clinical Support Officer and recovering addict, Nicole, 36, Tweed Heads was tinkering with illicit drugs and alcohol during early adolescence. Nicole first dabbled with amphetamines at 18 years of age, and following her first hit,…

Groundswell in Aussies attending private Thai rehab facility over past five years. “Rehab tourism” is on the rise, with new figures revealing a more than doubling of Aussie patrons to a leading five-star drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in Thailand over the past five years.1 Between 2010 to 2015, Australian visitors to DARA Drug and…

Ladies, you’ll be relieved to know that you’re better equipped than men to fight the flu due to your circulating oestrogen! According to a study conducted by researchers at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA, and published in the American Journal of Physiology – Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology on January…

Recent research published in the Canadian Pharmacists Journal reveals pharmacist screening of patients deemed ‘at-risk’ of chronic kidney disease (CKD) revealed unrecognised disease in more than 15 per cent of patients tested. An article published in Pharmacy Daily on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 cites the “research is claimed to be one of the first studies…