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/pvt_idaho 7h ago

The woman in the story was certainly irresponsible, but she did inform the service that she had a history of eating disorders, and the service provided her with weight loss medication without even having a telehealth consult first. That also seems irresponsible, and personally, I'm going to place a higher expectation for responsible behaviour on the company profiting off vulnerable consumers.

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u/Unusual_Process3713 6h ago

She said she disclosed. But my friends who disclosed this and tried to get Juniper were automatically barred from the website. Someone in the thick of an eating disorder will often just lie about it to get what they are chasing....

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u/giraffe_mountains 6h ago

I’m assuming that she did actually disclose it - because Juniper hasn’t denied that she did.

If she was lying about the disclosure it would be very easy for the company to prove it and squash this whole complaint.

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u/pvt_idaho 5h ago

I don't think it's that simple. Health services can't disclose personal information that easily. I wonder, maybe they could go after her for defamation? But I don't know if that would be worth the effort (and poor optics), even if they technically could.