


She injected the drug into her stomach once a day, racking up £460 for eight pens, over a total of two months. After consulting a dietician, Zoe claims she was told the weight loss jab could be a last resort before gastric band surgery. Tipping the scales at 17 stone and struggling to squeeze into a size 20, Zoe was keen to lose weight - after unsuccessfully trying diet programmes like Weight Watchers and Slimming World, as well as shake detoxes and calorie deficits. Zoe Smith, 30, decided to purchase the Saxenda injection for £480 from Asda after seeing it advertised on TikTok and says it was "dangerously easy to buy". A mum who tried a new weight loss injection she'd seen on TikTok warned others not to buy it after suffering headaches, missed periods and piling the weight she lost back on.
