Opioid Risk Indicator

If your medicine contains any of these active ingredients, it's categorised as an opioid. Click on the links to learn more about the active ingredients:

• buprenorphine
• codeine
• fentanyl
• hydromorphone
• methadone
• morphine
• oxycodone
• pethidine
• tapentadol
• tramadol

Or search for your medicine here, to see if it is an opioid pain-relief medicine.

To find out more about opioid medicines and alternatives for managing pain, visit the healthdirect opioid medicines and pain hub.

In case of an emergency, call triple zero (000).

For free 24/7 support for opioid or other drug use, visit counsellingonline.org.au (Opens in new tab).

Go here for information about taking opioid medicines safely, opioid withdrawal symptoms and accidental overdoses of medicine.

This Opioid Risk Indicator is based on research and risk calculations developed by Monash Addiction Research Centre (MARC) (Opens in new tab).

Source references

Routine Opioid Outcome Monitoring (ROOM) in Community Pharmacy — Monash Addiction Research Centre (MARC) (Opens in new tab)

Picco L, Middleton M, Bruno R, Kowalski M, Nielsen S. (2020) Validation of the OWLS, a Screening Tool for Measuring Prescription Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care, Pain Medicine, pnaa275. 10.1093/pm/pnaa275 (Opens in new tab)

Nielsen, S, Picco, L, Campbell, G, Lintzeris, N, Larance, B, Farrell, M, Degenhardt, L & Bruno, R. (2020). Development of a Brief Patient-Administered Screening Tool for Prescription Opioid Dependence for Primary Care Settings. Pain Medicine, 21 (2), e79-e88. 10.1093/pm/pnz213 (Opens in new tab)