Sunday, November 06, 2005

The Daily Telegraph | Bird flu drug panic

The Daily Telegraph | Bird flu drug panic

Dr Gathey said patients were swarming into her (Melbourne) Eastern Suburbs practice claiming they were travelling to Asia or had been placed on a waiting list for the drug by a chemist and wanted a script.



She said she was annoyed some of the demand seemed to be generated by pharmacists advertising they had a waiting list for the drug.

"Patients and pharmacists are colluding; they are dictating to doctors what we should be prescribing," Dr Gathey said.

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