GP practice advertises off-label ivermectin for COVID-19
It comes as doctors raise concerns the extra demand has caused a shortage of the drug for its recognised indications
A GP practice has been criticised for advertising $85 telehealth consults where patients can be prescribed ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19.
Sure Cell medical group, based in Melbourne, has now removed the offer from its website.
The original webpage said the likelihood of each patient’s COVID-19 exposure and “other risk factors” would be assessed and that there was no guarantee of a script being issued.
According to 9News, it also said the consults were not covered by Medicare and that, to help doctors deal with the “influx of inquires”, they would be “succinct and related to ivermectin only”.
