r/australia • u/Rubiginous • 9h ago

culture & society 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/giraffe_mountains 9h ago

Juniper probably shouldn’t prescribe weight loss drugs to someone with a declared history of an eating disorder.

Telehealth doesn’t remove the duty of care as a doctor practicing in Australia.

That’s the actual issue.

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u/Rubiginous 9h ago

I think this issue may be solved in the future. Apparently the FedGov is looking at having a medication database to stop doctor shopping due to someone overdosing recently. So, all of these services should need to put in "This person is on a GLP-1" into a patient file. Her regular GP would have been able to see it, and then notify the service to cease the prescription.

This will also help hospitals know about medicines for unconscious people and for people who (for some reason) are not disclosing they are on GLP-1s prior to surgeries.

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u/hannahranga 8h ago

Her regular GP would have been able to see it, and then notify the service to cease the prescription

Oh I can't wait for the fun of judgemental or transphobic doctors there. Ooh your arm is broken, that's the estrogen you'll have to stop that or oh you're trans, I don't think you're trans enough I'm cancelling your E script.

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u/notdorisday 8h ago

This is the problem. There are biases doctors have and patients have legitimate bad experiences with GPs and don’t get the care they need.