NEPTUNE module 6: Chronic harms and management of stimulants

This module is aimed at clinicians who are likely to come into contact with people presenting to hospital with chronic harms resulting from the use of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) and club drugs.

Specifically, this module provides learning about the impact of long-term and frequent use of stimulant NPS and club drugs on physical and psychological health, with a focus on harmful use and dependence, and considers the management of these substance misuse-related problems.

This module will focus on the following stimulant drugs:

• MDMA and its analogues
• mephedrone and other synthetic cathinones
• methamphetamine
• ethylphenidate.