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Victorian SafeScript system to monitor codeine prescriptions

27 June 2018
By Kate McDonald

Codeine has been added to the list of medications that will be monitored by Victoria's new SafeScript real-time prescription monitoring system, joining a list of prescription opiates, benzodiazepines and sedatives such as Stilnox.

Codeine, which was rescheduled as a prescription-only drug earlier this year, was originally going to be added at a later date but the government has accepted a recommendation that it be included when the system rolls out in October.

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