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This article studies the role of informal carers in the collaboration with users and service providers to develop integrated services to users with concurrent addiction and mental health problems. Informal carers constitute both resources, mediators and service providers. At the same time, they themselves are in an exposed position as relatives in general and relatives to users with addiction and mental health problems in particular. The article discusses the challenges of co-production in this field. Co-production refers to processes that involve users and informal carers, enforce quality and contribute to efficiency. The data collection was conducted as semi-structured group interviews during a workshop with users and informal carers and service providers. We found that there is little exchange of information. The informal carers have extensive responsibility for the user and experience a large burden. We suggest shared decision making and the establishment of productive meeting arenas as points of improvement, for instance through the involvement of informal carers when elaborating an individual plan.