GP defends prescribing vapes for $40 based on online questionnaires
A GP offering $40 email consultations to prescribe nicotine vapes has defended her telehealth website, arguing that the alternative is more deaths from smoking. Melbourne…
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The $100m telehealth corporate prescribing compounded semaglutide — its top GP speaks with AusDoc
Telehealth corporate Eucalyptus is making headlines for prescribing off-label compounded semaglutide as part of an online weight loss program that costs up to $599 a…
Ozempic maker warns doctors against writing compounded scripts due to ‘potential safety risks’
Semaglutide maker Novo Nordisk has hit back at GPs prescribing compounded versions of its blockbuster drug. Semaglutide (Ozempic) was already under scrutiny for mass off-label…
Dr Nick Coatsworth joins GP telehealth company offering compounded semaglutide for weight loss
The $100 million GP telehealth corporate Eucalyptus has recruited former deputy chief medical officer Dr Nick Coatsworth as a clinical governance adviser. The company recently…
GP clinic’s compounded semaglutide scripts raise TGA alarm
The worldwide semaglutide shortage has sparked an ’emerging trend’ of telehealth platforms offering to prescribe locally compounded versions of the drug to treat obesity, the…
How telehealth consults can go seriously wrong: study
When a GP heard a 16-year-old girl’s symptoms of lethargy, fever and poor oral intake during a telehealth appointment, he thought it was likely glandular…
I hate telehealth: Sometimes it feels like I am being sucked into my computer
I hate telehealth. If there was a magical Tardis that could transport the patients who need it into my room at the exact time of…
Most GP work could be done over the phone, says top researcher
Could GPs make 80% of their diagnoses over the phone? This GP turned professor of evidence-based medicine thinks so. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and…
Prominent GP telehealth corporate cops $742,000 fine from TGA
GP telehealth corporate InstantScripts has been fined $742,500 by the TGA for allegedly promoting the use of S4 drugs including antibiotics, insulin and blood thinners.…
Govt offers ‘short-term fix’ for telehealth bulk-billing headache
The RACGP says the administrative headache of written consent forms for bulk-billed telehealth appointments will ease slightly with digital forms that integrate practice software. …
