A WOMAN has told how the side effects from a fat loss jab left her in a coma for nearly two months.
Amy Jack, 31, began taking slimming drugs to lose weight after seeing success stories on social media.
She bought the injection pens online[/caption]
The civil servant managed to find 5mg of a weight loss drug at an online pharmacy for £100.
In April 2024 she was injecting 0.5mg each week.
But she soon started to notice the adverse effects after taking the drug.
She stopped the injections in July when she started feeling nauseous.
Amy also began to suffer from delirium and was “speaking gibberish.”
As her health worries continued, Amy went to a local doctor’s surgery where staff called an ambulance and she was raced to Monklands Hospital in Airdrie.
She fell unconscious and medics had to battle to save her life as she slipped into a coma before waking up seven weeks later when medics said the weight loss drugs were to blame.
Amy told the Mail on Sunday: “My partner mentioned I had been taking it and they were adamant that’s what caused it.
“The doctors said if I had left it any longer before going to hospital I would have died.”
She has now been left with a gruelling recovery – which has included surgeries, dieticians, physiotherapy and language therapists.
After awaking from the coma she now needs to learn how to walk again.
Amy added: “I’m someone who has worked all my life and now I’m stuck in the house.
“I can walk but I still need aids to get in and out of the bath. I’ve still got a long road to recovery.”
Medics also revealed that parts of her pancreas were dead as a result.
Amy’s fight for life came as a nurse who worked at the same hospital became the first person to die in the UK after taking a weight loss injection.
Susan McGowan, 58, passed away on September 4 after taking two low-dose injections of tirzepatide, also known as Mounjaro.
She suffered from multiple organ failure, septic shock and pancreatitis, but “the use of prescribed tirzepatide” was noted as a contributing factor on her death certificate.
Weight loss jabs – such as Mounjaro, Wegovy and Saxenda have been rolled out across the UK.
But just a fraction of those who are taking the drug have been prescribed it by the NHS, with others sourcing it themselves.
Regulatory agencies have said nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea are common side effects of the drugs.
But there have also been fears about dangerous fake drugs being sold to unsuspecting punters.
