{"id":661352,"date":"2026-10-21T20:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T20:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/661352\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T20:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T20:44:09","slug":"tests-of-unapproved-weight-loss-drug-reveal-its-dangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/661352\/","title":{"rendered":"Tests of Unapproved Weight- Loss Drug Reveal Its Dangers"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n An obesity drug that hasn’t cleared federal safety checks is being hawked online and even at a New York bodega, and buying it is disturbingly simple. CBS News<\/a> correspondent Adam Yamaguchi ordered vials of retatrutide, a next-generation weight-loss peptide that Eli Lilly is still researching, from two websites that promised medical oversight but shipped the drug without any real consultation. He then bought a $90 vial of “Reta” over the counter in Brooklyn, despite a “research use only” warning label that added the drug was “not for human consumption.” \n <\/p>\n


\n Lab tests raised more alarms. University of Iowa scientists found the online samples resembled a basic form of retatrutide, but the bodega vial contained no peptide at all\u2014just phenylacetic acid, which is considered a filler, and 13 bacteria colonies. Experts warned that users are essentially experimenting on themselves, risking infection and serious illness as regulators struggle to keep up with a fast-growing black market. The FDA has received reports of two deaths this year tied to illegal retatrutide, per Gizmodo<\/a>. In the UK, shady versions are being sold everywhere, from gyms and nail salons, to hairdressers and even vendors selling flowers on the street, reports the BBC<\/a>. \n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An obesity drug that hasn’t cleared federal safety checks is being hawked online and even at a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[280189,10030,12250,103,61,60,371,4369,12949,101877,2114,97893],"class_list":["post-661352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-antiobesity-drugs","tag-black-market","tag-eli-lilly","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-medication","tag-obesity","tag-peptides","tag-retatrutide","tag-weight-loss","tag-weight-loss-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}