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Rheumatology

Further clamps on hydroxychloroquine imminent

Government acts following off-label prescribing spree that's causing shortages
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23 April 2020
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Hydroxychloroquine will be restricted to Authority (streamlined) on the PBS from 1 May following a recent doubling of scripts that’s contributing to supply shortages, a Federal Government letter reveals.

The proposed move follows global interest in the drug as a treatment for COVID-19.

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