| Medication category/use |
Number |
Per cent |
| Depression/mood stabilisers |
1,967 |
16 |
| Psychoses |
1,143 |
9 |
| Pain (analgesics—repeat only) |
1,132 |
9 |
| Anti-inflammatories/arthritis |
1,097 |
9 |
| Digestive |
987 |
8 |
| High blood pressure/angina/heart conditions |
910 |
7 |
| Cholesterol |
609 |
5 |
| Asthma |
535 |
4 |
| Methadone |
503 |
4 |
| Infection (antibiotics) |
429 |
3 |
| Infectious diseases |
428 |
3 |
| Diabetes |
407 |
3 |
| Vitamins |
345 |
3 |
| Anxiety |
343 |
3 |
| Sleep disturbance |
249 |
2 |
| Neurological |
212 |
2 |
| Allergies |
214 |
2 |
| Antifungals |
173 |
1 |
| Skin |
136 |
1 |
| Nicotine |
84 |
1 |
| Others not elsewhere defined |
251 |
2 |
| Total prescribed medications |
12,414 |
100 |
- Includes Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.
Note
Total includes 14 unknown medications.
Source
AIHW 2010. The health of Australia's prisoners. AIHW cat. no. PHE 123. Canberra: AIHW.