Doctor becomes authorised prescriber for unapproved pineapple-flavoured UTI vaccine

Dr Amanda Chung says some patients experiencing repeated infections have had ‘life-changing’ results.
Dr Amanda Chung.

Sydney urological surgeon Dr Amanda Chung was cautious when the first patient asked her to prescribe an unapproved vaccine for recurrent UTIs.

Nowadays she is an authorised prescriber of the vaccine, called Uromune, under the TGA’s Special Access Scheme.