{"id":2517,"date":"2020-06-05T14:01:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T04:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/harms-of-prescription-opioids-tga-is-finally-starting-the-fix\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T01:45:25","slug":"harms-of-prescription-opioids-tga-is-finally-starting-the-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/harms-of-prescription-opioids-tga-is-finally-starting-the-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Harms of\u00a0Prescription Opioids\u00a0\u2013 TGA is finally starting the Fix!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Harms of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tga.gov.au\/hubs\/prescription-opioids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prescription Opioids<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 TGA is finally starting the Fix!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Governments have now quantified just some of the short and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/quantifying-the-social-costs-of-pharmaceutical-opioid-misuse-and-illicit-opioid-use-to-australia-in-2015-16\/\" target=\"_blank\">long term harms of misuse of prescription opioids<\/a>, particularly in the OST (Opioid Substitute Treatment) Arena. 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