Numerous enhanced and often expensive fertility treatments are offered in Irish fertility clinics despite them being of doubtful effectiveness, according to The Sunday Times.
The treatments are offered as expensive “add-ons” to a normal course of IVF, with the promise of increasing the chances of a successful pregnancy. However, in the UK the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has said of the very same add-ons that there is either no evidence that the treatments are safe and effective, or that there is a small or conflicting body of evidence, which means more research is required and the techniques should not be used routinely.
Nonetheless, clinics in Ireland offer these “extras” as their clients are “desperate” and willing to try anything that might help no matter how expensive.
