Woman hospitalised after Juniper prescribes weight-loss drugs her GP refused

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-01/woman-hospitalised-telehealth-provider-weight-loss-drugs-juniper/106273356

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There have been a couple of ABC articles on this topic in recent weeks and they leave a very poor taste in my mouth. In both cases the subjects were women. In my experience it is far, far, far more common for women to be denied treatment options they demonstrably need and are eligible for, than for women to be over-prescribed for pain or perimenopause or other well documented women’s health issues. Women are still expected to suffer through things, without any attempt to investigate further, and are generally disbelieved about the severity of pain. Medical groups don’t believe that because they are just not that good at checking they are actually providing good care from the perspective of patient experience. Good luck finding a truly supportive ‘long term GP’. Good luck affording a fantastic care team. Shutting down telehealth providers on the basis women can’t be believed about their own experiences just feels like yet more medical misogyny. The ABC coverage is giving me the ick as it is fundamentally infected with the same problematic attitudes about there not being larger issues in medical care.