{"id":604514,"date":"2026-09-18T17:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/604514\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T17:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:42:17","slug":"youre-in-our-crosshairs-ahpra-targets-doctors-embroiled-in-reckless-off-label-prescribing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/604514\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re in our crosshairs \u2014 AHPRA targets doctors embroiled in &#8216;reckless&#8217; off-label prescribing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doctors who prescribe unapproved peptides, medicinal cannabis and GLP-1 weight loss drugs off label could face an investigation without a complaint first being made about their conduct, AHPRA has warned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The watchdog launched new guidance on Wednesday aimed at tackling \u201creckless\u201d prescribing off label or for unapproved medicines, especially following brief consultations with patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It comes amid concerns that growing consumer demand for certain medicines, coupled with \u201cundue commercial influence\u201d, has led some practitioners to depart from established professional standards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guidance warns that AHPRA may investigate practitioners with high rates of prescribing or compounding of any scheduled medicine, even if it has not received a complaint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Doctors who prescribe unapproved peptides, medicinal cannabis and GLP-1 weight loss drugs off label could face an investigation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[134,524,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-604514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}