Mother-of-two left hospital ‘vomiting blood’ after just one injection of slimming shot she bought from beautician
A 31-year-old mother of two has warned against buying slimming drugs from non-medical professionals after a tiny dose of a fake jab left her in hospital with abdominal pain ‘worse than childbirth’.
Nicole Wright, from North Ayrshire in Scotland, bought the £120 injections from a local beauty salon at the end of August in a bid to slim down for an upcoming holiday to Turkey.
But within a day of injecting half the lowest dose, she started vomiting and couldn’t even drink water without throwing it up again.
Within four days, the former hairdresser also developed painful abdominal pain, prompting her to rush to the emergency room for urgent care.
“I told them what I had taken and they gave me a bag of fluids and anti-sickness medication and sent me home,” she said.
Ms Wright said she believed the jabs contained a GLP-1 agonist – from the same family of drugs as Ozempic and Wegovy, prescribed by the NHS to promote weight loss by reducing appetite.
She now believes the drug was a counterfeit, although official tests have yet to determine exactly what was in the injection.
However, a few days later, the nausea and pain in her stomach became unbearable and Mrs. Wright began vomiting blood. Terrified, she called an ambulance.
Mother-of-two Nicole Wright said she regretted trusting her health to a beauty salon – and urged anyone interested in weight-loss shots to get the drugs from a doctor, preferably the NHS.
Ms Wright said that in the days after injecting a low dose of the jab, she suffered stomach pains that were ‘worse than childbirth’.
“Then I ended up back in the hospital,” she said. ‘I was still throwing up, my whole body was shaking and I had the worst stomach pain.
‘My stomach burned and I thought I was going to die. It kept getting worse and the pain was worse than during childbirth.
‘I rolled around in my bed and screamed in pain.’
Fortunately, after administering more fluids and medication for the disease, doctors were able to stabilize Ms. Wright and flush the weight loss medications from her system.
She claims she had some unlikely visitors at the hospital: police officers.
“They came and confiscated the bottle of medicine, and I told them everything,” she said. “I realized how serious it was.”
Now, two months after the ordeal, she feels “embarrassed and ashamed” about her decision to purchase the injections from a non-medical source.
“The lesson I’m going to teach my daughters is that you are beautiful no matter what you look like, and nothing is worth risking your health for.
Ayrshire Police attended the hospital where Mrs Wright was being treated to administer the injection she had bought at the salon.
‘I would never take them again. If anyone is thinking about getting the injections, go through a doctor or pharmacy, not a salon. You don’t know what you’re taking.’
Ms Wright said she informed salon staff about her experiences with the weight-loss drugs they sold her.
She says Ayrshire Police also visited the property but their investigation into her hospital admission has now concluded.
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: ‘A thorough investigation has been carried out and all inquiries have been completed.
‘No further police action will be taken at this time. If anyone has any further information they can contact Police Scotland on 101.”