Mom Overdosed on Weight Loss Drug She Got on Instagram, Recalls 'Throwing Up Blood': 'Thought I Was Going to Die'

Mar. 15, 2025

Leigh-Anne Lagden.Photo:Kennedy News & Media

Pic from Kennedy News & Media (Pictured: LEIGH-ANNE LAGDEN, 26, IN HOSPITAL AFTER TAKING THE SKINNY JAB INJECTION WHICH SHE CLAIMS MADE HER ILL.) A mum claims she almost died when she accidentally injected ‘five times’ the recommended dose of a skinny jab - sent to her as a ‘FREEBIE’ by a brand to promote their meds on Instagram. Leigh-Anne Lagden, who lives in Newcastle, claims she was sent the month’s prescription of weight loss injections to promote the brand in June after following the company on Instagram earlier this year. But after taking the ‘recommended’ 0.5ml dosage, the 26-year-old claims she was left vomiting blood and was rushed to hospital twice. DISCLAIMER: While Kennedy News and Media uses its best endeavours to establish the copyright and authenticity of all pictures supplied, it accepts no liability for any damage, loss or legal action caused by the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion. SEE KENNEDY NEWS COPY - 0161 697 4266

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A 26-year-old mother nearly died after taking five times the recommended dose of a weight loss drug that she purchased from a brand on Instagram.

In June, Leigh-Anne Lagden from Newcastle, England, followed a brand on Instagram. Shortly after, the company asked if she would promote the brand on social media if they sent her free weight loss injections.

“The injections didn’t cost me a penny,” she told Kennedy News and Media viaThe Daily Mail.“The page sent them to me and I was meant to be on them for a month as I was meant to be promoting their brand. It came in a liquid solution with a needle so you had to make it up yourself.”

Lagden, a content creator and mother of one, said she immediately started experiencing side effects after taking the brand’s “recommended” dose of 0.5 ml.

“I was throwing up for four days nonstop straight after I took the injection. My vomit was black and I was bedbound,” she recalled. She contacted the company and said she was told that nausea is a common side effect when you first start the medication.

Leigh-Anne Lagden.Kennedy News & Media

Pic from Kennedy News & Media (Pictured: LEIGH-ANNE LAGDEN, 26, IN HOSPITAL AFTER TAKING THE SKINNY JAB INJECTION WHICH SHE CLAIMS MADE HER ILL.) A mum claims she almost died when she accidentally injected ‘five times’ the recommended dose of a skinny jab - sent to her as a ‘FREEBIE’ by a brand to promote their meds on Instagram. Leigh-Anne Lagden, who lives in Newcastle, claims she was sent the month’s prescription of weight loss injections to promote the brand in June after following the company on Instagram earlier this year. But after taking the ‘recommended’ 0.5ml dosage, the 26-year-old claims she was left vomiting blood and was rushed to hospital twice. DISCLAIMER: While Kennedy News and Media uses its best endeavours to establish the copyright and authenticity of all pictures supplied, it accepts no liability for any damage, loss or legal action caused by the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion. SEE KENNEDY NEWS COPY - 0161 697 4266

The side effects got so bad that Lagden went to the emergency room two days later.

“They sent an ambulance out to me. I wasn’t eating or drinking and I couldn’t keep everything down,” she explained. “When I told them my sick was black, they told me it was blood. I was just throwing up blood. I thought I was going to die and I felt like I was going to die.”

Lagden said that for a week, all she could keep down were ice pops. She was sent home the following day but returned to the hospital when her heart rate skyrocketed.

“They asked if I was on any drugs because my heart was beating so fast,” she told the outlet. “My bloods came back and they said they were off the charts and my liver was extremely abnormal. I think the reason I got so poorly was because I took five days worth in one hit. In the hospital they told me I overdosed but that is what [the Instagram page], told me to take.”

Lagden said that she contacted the brand and claims that they had no remorse for her health problems on the drug. She also contacted other content creators who promoted the injections and learned that she was supposed to take 0.1 ml rather than 0.5.

“They made me take five times the amount,” she claimed, noting that the injections were said to be a GLP-1drug, likeOzempic,Wegovy,ZepboundandMounjaro.

Leigh-Anne Lagden in the hospital.Kennedy News & Media

Pic from Kennedy News & Media (Pictured: LEIGH-ANNE LAGDEN, 26, IN HOSPITAL AFTER TAKING THE SKINNY JAB INJECTION WHICH SHE CLAIMS MADE HER ILL.) A mum claims she almost died when she accidentally injected ‘five times’ the recommended dose of a skinny jab - sent to her as a ‘FREEBIE’ by a brand to promote their meds on Instagram. Leigh-Anne Lagden, who lives in Newcastle, claims she was sent the month’s prescription of weight loss injections to promote the brand in June after following the company on Instagram earlier this year. But after taking the ‘recommended’ 0.5ml dosage, the 26-year-old claims she was left vomiting blood and was rushed to hospital twice. DISCLAIMER: While Kennedy News and Media uses its best endeavours to establish the copyright and authenticity of all pictures supplied, it accepts no liability for any damage, loss or legal action caused by the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion. SEE KENNEDY NEWS COPY - 0161 697 4266

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Meta — the parent company for Facebook and Instagram — said that they don’t allow the sale of pharmaceutical drugs on the social media platforms and urges users to report any they come across.

She also offered a piece of advice to those feeling the same way she did about her weight.

“Don’t be so hard on yourself,” she said. “I thought I was big and needed to take these injections when in reality I was a healthy, normal size. Don’t be taking these weight loss injections off strangers on the internet. Do your research first.”

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Although Lagden was unsure of the type of weight loss injections she took, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration states that these illnesses areincreasingly common. In August, the agency warned that many people are overdosing on alternatives to Ozempic and Wegovy due to the do-it-yourself doses of compounded semaglutide.

In some instances, patients reportedly administered five to 20 times more than the intended dose of semaglutide. The agency notes that they do not review, test or approve these compounded drugs for safety.

“FDA encourages patients to talk with their health care provider or compounder about how to measure and administer the intended dose of compounded semaglutide,”officials wrote.

source: people.com