Our story on weight loss injections being prescribed to people with lived experience of eating disorders without proper screening, drew a raft of responses from people with similar stories and concerns.Rachel has lived experience of an eating disorder and came across ads for a telehealth weight loss company on a podcast. The ads continue in their podcast feed, more than a year after they lodged a formal complaint with AHPRA. Rachel hasn't been updated on the status of the complaint. What is the body that regulates doctors doing about protecting patients from unscrupulous telehealth operators and medical professionals?Guest/sJustin Untersteiner, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Health Practitioner Agency ReferencesWhy is it so easy to get weight loss injections, if they could cause you harm? GLP-1 drug prescribed to woman with eating disorder via telehealth sparks calls for regulationCrackdown on reckless prescribing as regulator ramps up peptides oversight

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