Doctors, pharmacists call for better support to prescribe antivirals | marywardy
Pandemic measures including home delivery of medicines and subsidised Telehealth appointments should be reinstated to allow easier access to antivirals, doctors and pharmacists say, with an older cohort of people catching COVID-19 in the latest wave.
People with COVID-19 are allowed to leave the home to access healthcare. However, Sim said bringing the virus into pharmacies was not ideal and the reason for the delivery program had not gone away.“Every healthcare workforce is very stretched at the moment, people are getting sick,” she said. People who test positive to COVID-19 may be eligible to be prescribed an oral antiviral treatment within five days of symptom onset if they are:Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, aged 50+ with two risk factors for severe disease
The Adelaide GP added that, while patients could have longer video consultations covered by Medicare, this was unhelpful, given the older age profile of people who need to access the drugs. Dr Charlotte Hespe, NSW and ACT chair of the Royal Australian College of GPs, said people who believe they are eligible for an antiviral should make an appointment with their doctor now to plan how they can receive the drugs if they test positive.
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