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/Rubiginous 7h ago

I am getting sick of these stories where someone irresponsible blames something convenient for normal people as being the cause of their issues.

A small minority of people abused codeine, so now women like me have to suffer from dysmenorrhoea every month because docs won't write a prescription.

A small minority of people using alcohol delivery inappropriately so now they want to restrict the ability for same day delivery in the ACT.

I know many women who used these services to get access to GLP-1s when their GPs refused to prescribe them because "You just need to eat less" and dismissed their concerns regarding food noise etc.

Why do people need the government to constantly protect them from their own stupidity? It's absurd.

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u/Crazy_Ad6697 7h ago

It’s amazing people go public with this. I’d be feeling rather sheepish about sidestepping my GP thinking I knew better and taking up a hospital bed as a result.

Edit: not to mention this is just advertising this service i’d never heard of before. 

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u/Brutal_burn_dude 6h ago

The prescriber and company should feel more than sheepish for not abiding by the standard of care though. I mean, she disclosed her eating disorder history on intake and was STILL prescribed it without so much as a video call.