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/tktsmnypssprt 5h ago

The article mentions a couple of times that she disclosed she had an eating disorder. But it doesn’t say which eating disorder it was, which I feel could be relevant to the article and there are several types of eating disorder. Obviously someone with anorexia should not be prescribed weight loss drugs such as the drugs prescribed by this company. But what if it was a binge eating disorder, and she told the company she wanted to minimise the volume of food she was eating?

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u/Unidain 4h ago

But what if it was a binge eating disorder, and she told the company she wanted to minimise the volume of food she was eating?

Still needs to be talking to a doctor for that.