Australian doctors warned off after prescribing potentially deadly Covid-19 trial drug to themselves

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Australian doctors warned off after prescribing potentially deadly Covid-19 trial drug to themselves
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Drugs regulator cracks down on ability to prescribe anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine that was touted by Trump

Australia’s drugs regulator has been forced to restrict powers to prescribe a drug undergoing clinical trials to treat Covid-19, because doctors have been inappropriately prescribing it to themselves and their family members despite its potentially deadly side-effects.

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