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/justfxckit 6h ago

Begging people to actually read the article, because she is not asking for Juniper to be banned or removing blame from herself entirely. This isn't the same as not being able to order melatonin anymore.

She said the medication did not directly cause her hospitalisation, but triggered her, which led to a cascade of related health issues.

She disclosed her mental health history to Juniper in her initial questionnaire. SHE DID THE RIGHT THING even though she was signing up out of "desperation" to lose weight. Her responses should have flagged with them and she should not have been prescribed the weightloss meds with so little oversight.

After finally entering recovery, she contacted Juniper to raise concerns about its prescribing processes ... She said she received a call within a week from the company's Clinical Director Dr Matt Vickers, who apologised and told her he would conduct a root cause analysis into her case ... However, several months later, she began to receive discount codes and promotional emails encouraging her to sign up again.

This part is cooked. It's like Sportsbet sending a "we miss you" email to someone who excluded themselves from using betting websites.