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Most women undergoing IVF are using add-on therapies for which there is no proof they will work, and researchers have warned couples the money would be better spent on more cycles of IVF.
National research to be published in the journal,
Human Reproduction, on Tuesday found 82 per cent of women had used one or more add-ons with IVF in the past four years.
Most add-ons (72 per cent) cost extra, some up to $700 per cycle.
Pharmacist Diane Kwok with sons Isaac, three, and Tobias, one.
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Monash University researcher Dr Karin Hammarberg said given there was no evidence to show any add-ons worked, nor that they were free of harm, it was difficult to justify them.
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Victorian private drug and alcohol treatment sector needs regulation, report says
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Many providers are able to run treatment centres without the necessary skills or experience , the report found.
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A lack of regulation over private alcohol and drug rehabilitation treatment centres has allowed some unscrupulous providers to prey on people at their most vulnerable , a new report has found.
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The investigation received complaints about financial exploitation, sexual misconduct and concerns about consent
It says implementing a mandatory registration scheme is imperative to setting better standards for private services
Victoria s peak body representing AOD services in Victoria said many families have found themselves in trouble financially
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An investigation into Victoria’s unregulated private drug rehabilitation system has found vulnerable patients are being referred to operators accused of exploitative billing practices, treating people without appropriate expertise and employing misleading advertising.
After a two-year investigation, Health Complaints Commissioner Karen Cusack found that long waiting lists in the public system meant Victorians were left with no choice but to pay more than $30,000 for a residential place in privately run clinics of varying quality.
Melbourne business woman Lily Owen, who beat a methamphetamine “ice” addiction.
“The unregulated nature of the private sector has allowed numerous operators to open [alcohol and other drug] treatment services without the necessary competence, skills or experience,” Ms Cusack wrote in a report to Health Minister Martin Foley to be made public on Friday.