Liver failure caused by online peptides
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (386017)
Rockingham, Australia
June 19, 2026 9:39pm CST
I’ve written before about people being warned not to take peptides that are not prescribed or that they’ve bought online.
Doctors are seeing more and more cases of life-threatening illnesses due to the ingestion of counterfeit weight-loss drugs. One such is ‘retatrutide’, developed by a US company. They say it is still undergoing clinical tests and anyone purchasing a product with that name is getting un unregistered and untested medication.
One Australian woman purchased the drug from a beauty parlour. Although hesitant about using the drug because she didn’t have the advice of a doctor and she was unsure of the dosage, she injected herself with the product twice of the course of a week. A week later, she was in hospital with acute liver failure and is continuing to have health problems. The state of Victoria is aware of six cases of acute liver toxicity associated with the unapproved peptide product.
Let’s hope the word spreads about the dangers of online peptides.
The photo is mine and was taken in France.
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16 responses
@ptrikha_2 (49889)
• India
20 Jun
Taking medicines and that too for critical organs or conditions can be very harmful indeed.
Some people might be misleading others with unverified claims.
Or selling hard.
The case of the woman having acute liver failure is indeed a very serious one.
We all need caution.
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@Treborika (18260)
• Mombasa, Kenya
20 Jun
Most people like using weight loosing medication that are not clinically proven l don't know why
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@teamfreak16 (45352)
• Denver, Colorado
20 Jun
They are selling weight-loss products that can be injected? I'm not sure I would trust that, even before reading this.
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@JudyEv (386017)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jun
It's very serious indeed. The woman's skin looks dreadful although the camera didn't show her face and she won't go out in public at the moment.
@JudyEv (386017)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jun
She is lucky she didn't die. As it is, it's affected her skin, she has swellings and avoids going out in public except to go to the doctor.
@allen0187 (59989)
• Philippines
21 Jun
Sorry to hear about this.
That is why it is important to get the peptides from a reputable source.
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@RasmaSandra (99777)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Jun
Lovely photo. This si something I have always thought if like me I take no medications and then would opt to take some pills for weight loss or something else and ruin my health it would not be a very smart thing to do, Cannotunderstand how people trust these things,
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@garymarsh6 (24294)
• United Kingdom
20 Jun
@JudyEv I totally agree unless professionally prescribed by a doctor who can monitor the person closely!
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@moffittjc (129485)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Jun
I would rather lose weight the old-fashioned way: through exercise and healthy diet!
I still don't even trust a lot of the medications that ARE prescribed by doctors!
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@moffittjc (129485)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jun
@JudyEv I always ask BOTH my doctor and my pharmacist about side effects and interactions with different medicines. Plus, I’ll usually look online as well. You can never be too safe with what goes in your body.
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@JudyEv (386017)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jun
@moffittjc That's so true. We research a lot of health information. Doctors are busy and/or often assume you know stuff that is second nature to them but not something a lay person might know.
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@LindaOHio (223946)
• United States
21 Jun
I would never inject something from a beauty parlor!!!
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@valherma00 (4916)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
22 Jun
eating less and exercise is the key and a counseling but this, it's not. it's actually tragic. man, liver failure, that's horrible.
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@valherma00 (4916)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
27 Jun
@JudyEv absolutely. when our organs get damaged, it's a serious thing.
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