I ordered my weekly weight-loss pen from a slick website just to save £180: the night the ambulance came, I understood what was really inside the cartridge

I ordered my weekly weight-loss pen from a slick website just to save £180: the night the ambulance came, I understood wha...

A woman thought she’d found a bargain on a weight-loss injection pen through Facebook—until she collapsed with seizures within minutes of injecting. Her story mirrors dozens of others caught in a booming black market of counterfeit medications that contain insulin instead of advertised drugs, triggering life-threatening medical emergencies.

I kept having my weekly weight-loss jab right up to my operation just to stay on track: the morning the anaesthetist called it off, I understood what was still sitting in my stomach

I kept having my weekly weight-loss jab right up to my operation just to stay on track: the morning the anaesthetist calle...

A woman continued her weekly GLP-1 injection right up to her hysterectomy, only to discover minutes before surgery that her stomach wasn’t empty despite fasting. Her experience reveals a hidden risk affecting thousands: these popular weight-loss drugs fundamentally change how anesthesia must be managed.