What a ridiculous article this is

[Sarvanga24]

What odd reporting this is.

First idiot who bought who knows what on the street corner and injected it in to her body is quoted as saying "People think it's a quick fix but trust me, it's not."

Well, no - random syringes of stuff probably aren't a quick fix for anything.

As someone tempted by Mounjaro but slightly concerned about the side effects of this strictly tested and prescribed medication, it is absolutely stunning to me that people would buy stuff like this from someone dubious and give no thought to whether the things they are injecting in to themselves are remotely what they've been told.

I suppose it's unsurprising that this would be happening really, although it hadn't occurred to me, but still mind boggling that people would be so foolhardy.

What's odd about directly quoting what someone said? There will be other people out there who are doing this/considering doing this so it's raising awareness surely?

But it's conflating two ideas, isn't it? No, dubious solutions from hooky salons aren't going to be a quick fix for anything, but surely she's talking about whether prescribed weight loss injections are effective?

I just literally read this article and thought - buying injectable drugs from 'a friend of a friend' or 'someone on facebook' is never a good idea and has fuck all with efficacy of weightloss drugs.

I think it's talking about two things that are linked. The legitimate prescribing of injections to support weight loss has led to some people seeking out other ways to access them if they cannot be prescribed them (for whatever reason).
Lots of people find other ways to access drugs/medication/treatment than just through the NHS and sometimes those are illegal.
Are you concerned because you think it paints legitimate weight loss injections in a bad light? Because I think anyone with any modicum of common sense will not take that from this article!

Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
The only way to safely lose weight is through careful diet and exercise.
Or in extreme cases, medically prescribed injections which I'm pretty sure have potential side effects like any other drugs

The article is headlined "Slimming Jabs: I thought my body was shutting down" rather than "Illegal black market "slimming jabs" are dangerous!" which would be more accurate. I do think that anyone scanning the headlines and leader lines would assume it was to do with legal and properly prescribed weight loss drugs.

It's a click bait title to get anyone who uses slimming injections to panic and read it. Thinking that what they're doing could be dangerous.
There's nothing wrong with reporting that it happened, but it should definitely be titled 'rise in back street slimming jabs left woman in agony..'
Or something?

A terrible click-baity story but sadly the quality I have come to expect from the BBC. How the mighty have fallen. It’s no longer a credible news service.

Absolutely - just really poorly written and headlined.

Coincidentally there was a thread yesterday from someone who bought dodgy semaglutide from a 'nurse' - the poster had run out of needles and wanted to know if she could swallow it instead. She did get piled upon with people saying how stupid she was, but she absolutely maintained that she would continue with the jabs of whatever it actually was.

In her case she was paying not much less than a lot of us are paying legitimately, but as she had a healthy BMI and an obvious eating disorder would not get WLI prescribed.

So worrying.