A mum who tried a new weight loss injection she'd seen on TikTok warned others not to buy it after suffering headaches, missed periods and piling the weight she lost back on. Zoe Smith, 30, decided to purchase the Saxenda injection for £480 from Asda after seeing it advertised on TikTok and says it was "dangerously easy to buy".
Tipping the scales at 17 stone and struggling to squeeze into a size 20, Zoe was keen to lose weight - after unsuccessfully trying diet programmes like Weight Watchers and Slimming World, as well as shake detoxes and calorie deficits. After consulting a dietician, Zoe claims she was told the weight loss jab could be a last resort before gastric band surgery.
She injected the drug into her stomach once a day, racking up £460 for eight pens, over a total of two months. The jab made her feel "nauseous, feeling unable to get out of bed," and she stopped taking it after seven pens. She is now on the NHS waiting list for a gastric sleeve.
