Drug information centres

Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA)

1800 020 506

Specialised drug information centres

National

National Prescribing Service TAIS

Therapeutic Advice and Information Service

A service for health professionals

Phone 1300 138 677

National Prescribing Service Medicines Line

A service for consumers

Phone 1300 888 763

Australian Capital Territory

ACT Drug Information Service

The Canberra Hospital

Phone 02 6244 3333

New South Wales

Hunter Drug Information Service

Clinical Toxicology & Pharmacology Dept

Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital

Specialty: toxicology, oncology, pharmacology

Phone 02 4921 1278

NSW Medicines Information Centre

Phone 02 8382 2136

Prince of Wales Hospital

Phone 02 9382 2325

Royal Hospital for Women

Specialty: obstetrics and gynaecology, gynaecological oncology

Phone 02 9382 6716

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Specialty: haematology and oncology (adult), renal and liver transplantation, AIDS

Phone 02 9515 8145

Westmead Hospital Drug Information Unit

Phone 02 9845 6619

Northern Territory

Royal Darwin Hospital

Specialty: tropical medicine

Phone 08 8922 8424

Queensland

Queensland Drug Information Centre

Royal Brisbane Hospital

Phone 07 3636 7098

Information for health professionals only

South Australia

Flinders Medical Centre

Specialty: cardiology, infectious diseases, oncology, psychiatry, renal

Phone 08 8204 5301

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Phone 08 8222 6777

Repatriation General Hospital

Specialty: drug and therapeutic information

Phone 08 8275 1678

Royal Adelaide Hospital

Specialty: adverse drug reactions

Phone 08 8222 5546

Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Specialty: paediatrics, pregnancy, lactation

Phone 08 8161 7222

Tasmania

Royal Hobart Hospital

Phone 03 6222 8737

Victoria

Alfred Hospital

Phone 03 9276 2002

Austin Health

Phone 03 9496 5668

The Geelong Hospital

Phone 03 5226 7638

Monash Medical Centre

Specialty: drugs in pregnancy and lactation

Phone 03 9594 2361

Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute

Specialty: oncology, symptom control

Phone 03 9656 1211

Psychotropic Drug Advisory Service

Mental Health Research Institute

Specialty: psychiatry

Phone 03 9389 2920

Royal Children’s Hospital

Specialty: paediatrics

Phone 03 9345 5208

Royal Melbourne Hospital

Phone 03 9342 8800

Royal Women’s Hospital

Specialty: drugs in pregnancy, lactation

Phone 03 9344 2277

St Vincent’s Hospital

Specialty: renal, cardiovascular, oncology, adverse drug reactions, injectable drugs, psychiatry

Phone 03 9288 4359

Western Hospital

DAS West

Phone 03 8345 6682

Western Australia

Fremantle Hospital

Phone 08 9431 2746

Graylands Hospital

Phone 08 9347 6400

King Edward Memorial Hospital

Specialty: obstetrics, drugs in pregnancy, drugs in lactation, neonatology

Phone 08 9340 2723

Princess Margaret Hospital

Specialty: paediatrics

Phone 08 9340 8703

Royal Perth Hospital

Phone 08 9224 2087

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

State drug information centre

Phone 08 9346 2923

Pregnancy drug information centres

New South Wales

Mother Safe

Phone 02 9382 6539, Toll free (NSW) 1800 647 848

Queensland

Queensland Drug Information Centre

Phone 07 3636 7098

Information for health professionals only

South Australia

Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Phone 08 8161 7222

Victoria

Royal Women’s Hospital

Phone 03 9344 2277

Western Australia

Women’s & Children’s Health Services

Phone 08 9340 2723

Poisons information centres

Australia

New Zealand

0800 POISON (0800 764 766)