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Substitute prescribing involves the prescription in a controlled environment of a pharmaceutically manufactured medication to replace illicit or harmful drug use, as part of a broader package of psychosocial interventions to minimise withdrawal symptoms and assist an individual to gradually reduce drug misuse and/or the harms associated with high-risk using.

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Substitute prescribing in heroin addiction

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