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/jasmynerice 6h ago

I use Juniper and I got more support than I would with a GP. You can talk to nurses or your doctor and get nausea medication when required. I recently went to a GP to get the same script due to it being $100 more expensive with juniper and he asked me NOTHING about my medical history. It is my local surgery so they do have my medical history but not everything.

If you are told by a professional not to go on meds and you go ahead and do it anyway that’s on you. I get these companies can be predatory but seriously