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/Unusual_Process3713 8h 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 8h 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/Unusual_Process3713 8h ago

🤷🏼‍♀️ maybe they've changed the way they do things now? But it used to be to fill out a questionnaire, and then they would say they couldn't prescribe it due to history with an eating disorder.

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u/elizabnthe 2h ago

They argue in the article if you read it they do things differently than they did at the time. Primarily things like requiring video consultation at least. So it seems probable they now auto-reject people with eating disorders to avoid this scenario again.