'I almost died after £80 skinny jabs I got on Facebook - I fear they contained cocaine'

Paige Roberts, 24, from Wales, purchased dodgy skinny jabs connected Facebook for £80 - and present believes they were laced with cocaine aft she suffered from horrific broadside effects

A healthcare worker says she astir died aft purchasing skinny jabs online - and warned sellers mightiness beryllium lacing them with cocaine.

Paige Roberts, 24, from Llandudno, northbound Wales, paid £80 for 4 injections successful a bid to power the symptoms caused by the hormonal upset polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). She took matters into her ain hands aft her doc advised her to suffer value earlier she could beryllium referred to gynaecology for her "big bloat".

But aft dieting and exercising for a fewer months, she realised determination was small to nary betterment truthful tried to bargain some weight nonaccomplishment injections from Boots. However, being lone a size 14-16 she didn't suffice to conscionable the obesity criteria, truthful searched for an alternate mode online.

Paige said she was lured into 1 peculiar seller connected Facebook aft they posted a bid of "before and after" images. She said the process to acquisition the jabs "was truthful easy." But conscionable 1 time aft taking the injection, she was "shaking" and couldn't halt throwing up.

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Speaking astir her unwellness she said: "I person PCOS and it causes a large bloat connected my stomach. I don't person periods astatine all. I went to the doc for immoderate assistance and said I was struggling with my periods, my weight, and my bloating. I'm not a large miss but she said to maine I would request to suffer value to beryllium seen by a gynaecologist. I was astir a size 14/16 truthful not the skinniest nor that big.

"It was conscionable the bloating I didn't similar astir myself. I did tons of workout and dieting to effort and suffer this bloating but it wouldn't go. Nothing was working. It looks similar I'm pregnant. It tin spell but it takes a batch longer. So I went and had a look astatine these weight-loss jabs. I was seeing a batch of worldly astir it connected societal media.

"I tried to bargain them done Boots Chemists but I didn't acceptable their criteria of being obese truthful couldn't get the jabs. So that's erstwhile I resorted to Facebook to find the jabs. And it was precise casual to find. There were loads everywhere. I reached retired to 1 leafage and they offered 4 jabs for £80. I didn't person to archer them my value oregon immoderate details. It was truthful easy. They posted a batch of earlier and afters which looked truly good."

After placing an order, the injectables came successful the station with a pre-made syringe, which Paige injected into her tummy past Thursday, November 7. Paige said: "I was a spot hesitant to usage them astatine archetypal due to the fact that they were successful a syringe. But past I work immoderate successful chemists and pharmacies are successful syringes truthful thought I'd springiness it a go. I felt fine, I did it astatine nighttime time. I went to furniture and erstwhile I woke up the adjacent day, I felt similar I had the flu and felt similar I was going to beryllium sick. I conscionable thought due to the fact that they'd warned that it could marque you consciousness sick, I would thrust done it.

"Every clip I was drinking water, I was throwing up and I thought this can't beryllium right. I went to Manchester for a friend's day and was truthful dizzy and couldn't clasp backmost immoderate alcohol. I conscionable drank h2o each day. I was perpetually throwing up the h2o I was drinking. I was getting the bid location erstwhile I started feeling overmuch worse. My heart was racing, I was shaking, I couldn't halt throwing up, I felt dehydrated. I felt similar I couldn't breathe. I felt bare but I couldn't eat."

Paige was rushed to infirmary erstwhile her symptoms began worsening that nighttime - wherever she claims doctors told her that the jab whitethorn person contained drugs. "I felt similar I couldn't move, I had perfectly nary energy, I was dizzy. I felt similar I was going to collapse," she recalled. "We phoned 111 and they said determination was a agelong hold successful A&E truthful I thought I would thrust it retired until tomorrow. My mum drove maine to infirmary the adjacent morning. They thought determination could person been drugs successful the injection due to the fact that I had dilated pupils, I was glazed over, my bosom complaint was rather high.

"They said they spot a batch of these jabs and said it's usually speed. I deliberation it's much cocaine-based that's recovered successful these jabs. It could've perchance been laced with cocaine. I judge determination was thing successful determination and it could've been cocaine. It's upsetting, it's made maine truly aggravated that I was sold this. I volition ne'er usage these jabs again. I would archer different radical considering these jabs to truly bash your probe and talk to doctors first.

"I could've easy mislaid my life. I felt similar I was going to die. It was similar I had been spiked." Paige claims the seller blocked her connected societal media aft messaging her leafage to kick astir the jabs and requested a refund. In effect to erstwhile cases of skinny jabs being allegedly sold implicit their platform, a Facebook spokesperson said they bash not let the merchantability of pharmaceutical drugs and they region violating accounts erstwhile they go alert of them.

They assertion to region contented astir weight nonaccomplishment that contains a occurrence assertion and attempts to buy, sell, trade, donate oregon acquisition value nonaccomplishment products, portion contented related to value nonaccomplishment products is restricted for under-18s. They claimed to beryllium perpetually moving to get amended astatine detection and urged radical to study thing they deliberation violates their policies, truthful they tin reappraisal it and instrumentality action.

The Mirror has contacted Facebook for comment.