Melbourne woman suffers acute liver failure after using knock-off drug [labelled as retatrutide] (www.abc.net.au)

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Senior doctors at a Melbourne hospital are warning people not to take counterfeit weight-loss drugs labelled as "retatrutide" after seeing multiple cases of life-threatening illness.

Among them is a woman who found herself in acute liver failure within a week of her second dose of the drug, who has ongoing health issues six months later.

The US developers of the drug called retratrutide say it is still in a clinical testing phase, and that anyone purchasing products sold under its name is getting an untested and unregulated medication.

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[-] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

"Megan Hancocks, 32, became interested in reta after seeing videos and posts on TikTok and Instagram, but could not find where to buy it.

Late last year during a beauty appointment, she mentioned her interest in the drug to a clinician who told her she had a selection of off-market peptides bought from a Chinese manufacturer available for purchase in cash."

What even is a clinician in this context? Someone who works in a beauty clinic?

Even so ruined health and ruined life is a steep price to pay for getting health information and substances from unqualified people