Support and resources

Support services

• Painaustralia
  Information about your pain management options.
• Home medicines review
  Have an accredited pharmacist check the medicines you are taking at home.
• healthdirect (1800 022 222)
  24 hour free health advice.
• 1300 MEDICINE (1300 633 424)
  This service provides answers about medicines including potential side-effects and best ways to take medicines.
• Your Room - Alcohol and Drug Information
  24/7 information, support and referrals for those affected by alcohol and other drugs (webchat also available).
• Your Room - Opioid Treatment Line (1800 642 428)
  Provides assistance and support to people with questions or concerns about opioid treatment in NSW.
• The NSW Users and AIDS Association
  A peer-based drug user organisation that offers services and support.
• The NSW Users and AIDS Association – PeerLine (1800 644 413)
  Confidential peer-run service/support for people who use drugs, are on the opioid treatment program or are seeking treatment.
• NSW Health Centre for Alcohol and Other Drugs
  Contact information, support and treatment services.
• NSW Health - Mental Health Line (1800 011 511)
  Offers professional help and advice referrals to local mental health services.
• Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
  Real-time prescription monitoring.

Resources

• Your Room
  A place to get facts and resources about alcohol and other drugs, along with information about accessing treatment and support, including:
  • Information about prescription opioids
  • Information about benzodiazepines
    
  • Take home naloxone, which is a drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose.
    
• Agency for Clinical Innovation
  Pain Management Network resources.