Community Pharmacotherapy Program
The Community Pharmacotherapy Program (CPP) provides support, information, advice, training and resources for clients, pharmacists and medical practitioners involved in methadone and buprenorphine treatment for opioid dependence throughout WA.
CPP together with the Department of Health administer the clinical and regulatory controls which apply across the Program.
CPP can be contacted by phone: (08) 9219 1907 or fax: (08) 9471 0444, Monday to Friday 8:30am-4:30pm (excepting public holidays).
Training
The Community Pharmacotherapy Program also provides training and resources to medical practitioners and pharmacists who are, or wish to become, authorised to provide methadone and buprenorphine treatment. For more information visit this page.
Resources
A range of resources can be downloaded below:
- The WA Clinical Policies and Procedures for the Use of Methadone and Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence
- Clinical Guidelines for Use of Depot Buprenorphine
- CPOP WA Client Brochure
- CPOP Information and support flyer
- Clinical Guidelines for Use of Depot Buprenorphine
Forms for CPOP Prescribers
- Assessment of Acute Intoxication
- Application for Takeaway Doses
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
- CPOP Formal Warning
- Interstate Overseas Travel Request
- Objective Opioid Withdrawal Scale
- Patient Application for Takeaway Doses
- Patient Consent for Depot Buprenorphine Treatment During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
- Patient Consent to transfer to Buprenorphine from a Methadone dose greater than 40mg
- Patient Contract to Receive Opioid Substitution Treatment
- Pharmacotherapy Review Form
- Pharmacy Transfer Notification
- Subjective Opioid Withdrawal Scale
- Takeaway Dose Agreement
- Application to become a CPOP prescriber
- Methadone and Buprenorphine prescribing chart
Forms for CPOP Pharmacies
- Assessment of Acute Intoxication
- CPOP Formal Warning
- Pharmacy Client Agreement
- Pharmacy Dosing Errors - Recommended Action Plan
- Pharmacy Incident Report
- Pharmacy Ready Reference
- WA Health CPOP Forms for Pharmacists
- Pharmacist record - Depot Buprenorphine Administration
- Depot Buprenorphine Administration - Advice to Prescriber
Audio-visual Resources
Management of Opioid Dependence in the Pharmacy I: MATOD and Buprenorphine (4 mins)
Management of Opioid Dependence in the Pharmacy II: Suboxone Dosing, Takeaways and Missed Doses (9 minutes)
Management of Opioid Dependence in the Pharmacy III: Administering Suboxone Doses (6 mins)
Guidance for the Administration of Sublocade (5 mins)
A Buvidal Administration demonstration video is available here. Please note this link will take you to an external website requiring registration.
These videos have been provided for education purposes. Thank you to the creators for the use of these videos.