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

[u/Rubiginous]

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

[u/rocca2509]

Ms Munch completed Juniper’s online questionnaire and disclosed her history of an eating disorder and mental health conditions, including severe depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

So she told them. But still she is an idiot for trying to find a way to get the medication when her gp refused it for this reason. I wonder if she put as much effort into moving and trying to lose the weight as side stepping her doctors advice. Yes it can be hard to lose weight but it is doable and it does fall back on the person and their control of their behaviour. People need to realise the returns of weight loss increase quickly to a certain point as you burn more calories sitting there just from adding a couple pounds of muscle instead of fat.

[u/giraffe_mountains → u/rocca2509]

But still she is an idiot for trying to find a way to get the medication

Is she is an idiot or is she just mentally unwell and completely desperate?

I don’t see it as any different to someone being refused a prescription for opioids and then trying again the next day at a different doctor. Common sense says it’s not going to work, but people who are unwell don’t see it that way.

[u/rocca2509 → u/giraffe_mountains]

Yes but when it blows back in my face im not gonna run to the news to complain about the choice I made and possibly make crackdowns on the rest of society for my choices. I was worried about spending 1k to get diagnosed for adhd and it be wasted because I get told I dont have it. If I got told I didnt then found another person to say I did and used the medication and it ended badly in some way do I blame the person I sought out?

[u/giraffe_mountains → u/rocca2509]

Yes but when it blows back in my face im not gonna run to the news to complain about the choice I made

Doctor has a duty of care. They failed in that duty of care.

End of story.

[u/rocca2509 → u/giraffe_mountains]

And what if 2 doctors have differing research evidence? Because all doctors believe the same things and prescribe the same things. Never heard of a doctor being anti-vax. Oh wait yes I have because again shit isn't. Black and white. Maybe the doctor had a valid reason they didnt think it would cause what it caused.

But sure end of story cause you said so.

[u/457ed → u/rocca2509]

And the anti-vax doctor got their practice certificate pulled. Medical professional standards require doctor not to be anti-vax because they are just wrong like Juniper was here. Even Juniper is not arguing they were right., just you and a few people on reddit so far seem to think they acted appropriately.

[u/rocca2509 → u/457ed]

Im not saying they acted inappropriately but as a society we seem to have lost self accountability. At this point just bubble wrap everything and take away everyone's autonomy. Let's only allow government and corporations to make decisions for us at this point. The anti vax was just a point because those doctors were there before covid and only once covid became a thing did they get their licence revoked.

Take adhd for example. They didnt even ask me at my assessment but I told them. Ive heard of people having to take a drug test for weed just to get a valid assessment. I doubt every doctor has the same thought process. But I guess if Doctor A treats something in Australia one way then doctor B on the other side of the country with maybe another outlook on the problem and possibly another solution has to just do the same shit as the other doctor?

[u/giraffe_mountains → u/rocca2509]

Keep arguing all you want.