Hundreds in hospital with serious reactions to fat jabs

Hundreds of people are being hospitalised after suffering serious reactions to weight-loss drugs with numbers surging by 46 per cent in just one month, the Mail on Sunday can reveal. Paige felt dizzy and sick after her first dose, and was rushed to Glan Clwyd Hospital in Rhyl after three days of vomiting Chad Teixeira, 28, pictured, was also rushed to hospital by ambulance in July 2024 after he ‘passed out’ because of the side effects from Ozempic Hundreds of people are being hospitalised after suffering serious reactions to weight-loss drugs with numbers surging by 46 per cent in just one month. Paige Roberts, pictured, from Llandudno, North Wales, says she ‘almost died’ after using weight-loss jabs Despite being only a dress size 14 to 16, the 24-year-old healthcare assistant says she was advised to lose weight by a GP to help ease her symptoms of polycystic ovarian syndrome But she felt dizzy and sick after her first dose, and was rushed to Glan Clwyd Hospital in Rhyl after three days of vomiting left her shaking and with a racing heartrate. ‘But the problem is – and I’m sure other people feel like this too - I’d do anything to lose weight, even at the expense of my health.’ The MHRA has also warned that a small group of patients have even been hospitalised with ‘hypoglycaemic shock and coma’ – linked to very low blood sugar – after using ‘fake’ weight loss drugs they bought online. ‘We continue to highlight this inappropriate use with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency as there is a need for urgent regulation and control of access for weight loss drugs online to avoid more patients becoming unwell.’ Tory MP Greg Stafford, a member of the Commons' health and social care committee, said the drugs were a ‘vital tool’ in tackling diabetes and obesity but would ‘only add to NHS waiting lists instead of helping to reduce them’ if misused.