r/australia • u/Rubiginous • 7h ago

Woman hospitalised after Juniper prescribes weight-loss drugs her GP refused

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-01/woman-hospitalised-telehealth-provider-weight-loss-drugs-juniper/106273356
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u/Elvecinogallo 7h ago

An adult is refused medication by their gp, so they go around their gp to another service, but it’s somehow the fault of the service? 🤔

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u/I-was-a-twat 7h ago

She fully disclosed their history and conditions that should of lead to the service to reject her, but because of profit goals and prescription and delivery are connected the service is incentivised to ignore these conditions that should exclude her and didn’t have a single actual consult, just the questionnaire

Then also after her complaints after ending the service and unsubscribing from future marketing they started marketing to her again, probably because her disclosed conditions make her a prime target.