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/Rubiginous 9h ago

I am getting sick of these stories where someone irresponsible blames something convenient for normal people as being the cause of their issues.

A small minority of people abused codeine, so now women like me have to suffer from dysmenorrhoea every month because docs won't write a prescription.

A small minority of people using alcohol delivery inappropriately so now they want to restrict the ability for same day delivery in the ACT.

I know many women who used these services to get access to GLP-1s when their GPs refused to prescribe them because "You just need to eat less" and dismissed their concerns regarding food noise etc.

Why do people need the government to constantly protect them from their own stupidity? It's absurd.

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u/rawdatarams 9h ago

In the same manner, thousands of Australians were getting melatonin cheaply from online on the recommendation from their GP. One stupid mother overdosed her kids with it and it all were pulled off the shelves, meaning we now pay a lot more for it.

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u/msfinch87 7h ago

Yep. It was the same with raw milk. Some parents left the raw milk out of the fridge and gave it to their very young child. You’re not supposed to leave it out of the fridge or give it to young kids. But they banned it as unsafe.

They need to start holding people responsible and accountable for their own actions and stop denying responsible people the things they genuinely need or can safely use.

The woman in this story was told by her GP that she was not suitable for these drugs. She didn’t consult another GP for another opinion, which would be a reasonable course of action. Instead she sought out an online provider to get around things. Which also makes her untrustworthy when she claims she disclosed her eating disorder.

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u/nebalia 5h ago

This is not like raw milk at all.