A MUM who took one of the popular "skinny jabs" revealed how her side effects were so bad she felt pregnancy-like symptoms.
Kelly has been buying Wegovy online for the last six weeks as the NHS is still beginning to roll out the drug in the UK.
After gaining a bit of weight during the Covid pandemic, she decided to do something about it and begin her weight loss journey.
Kelly has since been posting about her weight loss journey on TikTok.
Speaking to BBC Panorama, the mum described her routine under the once-weekly subcutaneous injection.
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Kelly was taking another weight-loss drug and lost 4st, but then couldn't lose any more excess weight.
Six weeks ago, she switched to Wegovy, which is costing her around £200 a month.
"You do get fuller quicker, so I do feel less hungry," Kelly said.
But on her sixth week with Wegovy, she noticed several uncomfortable side-effects.
"I've just got a banging headache, like I've got an ocular migraine," she said in a video update.
"And I also feel nauseous. Like, early pregnancy nauseous."
The majority of Wegovy users experienced nausea, headaches or tiredness, the BBC reported.
And while they're much less common, there can be other more serious side effects.
They include pancreatitis, hypoglycaemia, kidney problems, and depression.
The so-called "skinny jabs" like Wegovy and Ozempic have largely been the preserve of celebrities.
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They are part of a new generation of drugs which are being hailed as game-changers in the fight against obesity, building on science developed to help treat type 2 diabetes.
There were reportedly extraordinary initial results for weight loss, and stand to make big profits for the companies involved, with Novo Nordisk, the makers of Wegovy, becoming the most valuable company in Europe last year.
It comes after a study found the trendy fat jabs can damage the guts of people who take them to lose weight.
Data from more than 5,000 patients found even previously healthy users were at higher risk of pancreatitis, bowel obstruction and stomach paralysis.
The conditions can need surgery to fix and be life-threatening if untreated.
Injections like Wegovy and Ozempic are booming in the UK because they banish hunger pangs and help rapid weight loss.
But the study by the University of British Columbia found slimmers using them were nine times more likely than usual to get pancreatitis.
This involves swelling of the pancreas and may cause pain and vomiting.
Their risk of bowel obstruction or stomach paralysis was four times higher than average.
Both conditions prevent food and waste from moving through the digestive system properly, and may need surgical treatment.
Study author Mohit Sohdi said: “It is concerning that in some cases people can simply go online and order these kinds of medications without a full understanding of what could happen.
“Given the wide use of these drugs, these adverse events, although rare, must be considered by patients thinking about using them.
“People who are otherwise healthy may be less willing to accept these potentially serious adverse events.”
The study, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, used data from 5,411 US patients using the injections and found 183 suffered serious side effects.
The injections were originally designed to treat type 2 diabetes, which can be triggered by obesity.
But health services are now approving their use for weight loss to curb an obesity crisis.
