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Previous research has indicated that in many cases, reporting on new treatments can be inaccurate or sensationalist. This paper presents analysis of Australian print media reporting on two treatment options for heroin dependence (naltrexone and methadone). The aim of this study was to quantitatively compare the volume and content of<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>ustralian print media reporting on these two treatments, one of which had a long history of use in<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>ustralia, and the other which was comparatively newer.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study constituted a quantitative content analysis of a sample of 859<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>ustralian newspaper articles, published over a 10\u2010year period (1997\u20132007). 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