Nurse exposed flogging ‘dangerous’ illegal ‘Godzilla’ fat jabs to unsuspecting slimmers instead of Mounjaro

A NURSE is flogging an illegal ‘Godzilla’ fat drug in a glass vial and giving clients syringes to inject themselves with. Deborah Davison, from Warrington, charges customers £120 for a month’s supply of Mounjaro, but The Sun can reveal she actually handed over Retatrutide without telling our reporter. Nurse Deborah Davison allegedly sold illegal Retatrutide slimming jabs in unmarked vials instead of Mounjaro Credit: Facebook Deborah is the first registered nurse in the UK to be found selling illegal fat jabs, and the first selling them in unmarked glass vials Credit: Supplied The slimming jab is still years away from being approved for clinical use, and doctors have described it being handed out as a “potentially life-threatening” issue. Deborah is the first registered nurse in the UK to be found selling illegal fat jabs, and the first selling them in unmarked glass vials. The Sun has spoken to women who bought from her and were left scarred. One weighed just 10 stone 6 when handed the medication meant for morbidly obese or diabetic people. It comes as nearly 2 million people in the UK are thought to be using slimming jabs, which can be obtained legally from the NHS, private doctors and pharmacists. Those who cannot access the jabs legally are turning to dodgy websites and aesthetics parlours popping up across the UK. Most black-market fat jabs sold in the UK are in pen form – which is also how legitimate GLP-1s are obtained on prescription. Deborah mixes up a solution which she then injects into the vial for sale. The vial given to The Sun was retrieved from a plastic drawer at the back of high street salon EHL Aesthetics and Beauty. Sophie, not her real name, is a size 10 and bought slimming jabs from Deborah. She told The Sun: “Deborah was recommended by a friend because she was a nurse. The nurse prepares the ‘illegal’ fat jab for The Sun’s reporter Credit: Supplied Testing by Sunderland University revealed the mixture sold was Retatrutide, not Mounjaro as Deborah claimed Credit: Alamy Stock Photo “I was really shocked when she gave me a vial rather than a pen. She assured me that it was ok and told me how to inject. “I used it but I had no weight loss at all. I asked for a refund, which she gave me.” Blonde Sophie, 46, introduced us to Jane, also not her real name, who had bought what she believed to be Wegovy from the nurse. Jane, 44, was a size 20 when she bought from Deborah, said: “I trusted Deborah because she is a nurse. I didn’t want to do my own injections and she said she could do it for me. “The jabs hurt and left me with wounds oozing blood. I now have scars on my stomach. “I had no idea that what she was supplying wasn’t legal until I saw in the news that fat jabs need a prescription. “I think she’s using her position as a nurse to gain trust and legitimise what she is doing. It’s dangerous.” Deborah told The Sun she was not aware of any of her clients having developed welts or left scarred. One client who bought the injections from Deborah said: ‘The jabs hurt and left me with wounds oozing blood. I now have scars on my stomach’ Credit: Supplied Many who cannot access the jabs legally are turning to dodgy websites and aesthetics parlours popping up across the UK Credit: Getty Jane and Sophie claim there was no consultation from Deborah, BMI check or medical history taken. It is not known what drugs the two women were actually sold. Testing by Sunderland University revealed the mixture sold was Retatrutide, not Mounjaro as Deborah claimed. It comes as The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has cracked down on illegal fat jabs coming into the country. Last month they seized 12,000 doses of unlicensed weight loss medicines in Northampton with a street value of £250,000. Last year they recovered 2,000 pens of Retatrutide and Tirzepatide. Most people taking Retatrutide have purchased it online for as little as £2 a jab – but are aware of what it is. These websites claim it is a “weight loss supplement” and ship directly to the UK. Trials in the USA suggest that users can have up to 24.2 per cent weight loss after 48 weeks. In comparison, Mounjaro can help people drop 22.2 per cent of their body weight. The MHRA told The Sun that Retatrutide cannot be sold and supplied legally in the UK. They also warned that products claiming to contain Retatrutide are potentially dangerous to health. Aesthetics Doctor Sophie Shotter told The Sun: “It’s awful that she is selling this as Mounjaro but tests have shown it’s Retatrutide. Retatrutide is not a licensed medication. How to spot fake weight loss injections Without testing injections in a laboratory, it can be difficult to spot a fake. However, there are a few things to look out for: Is the packaging of a high quality? Is the box damaged or flimsy? Can you read the information on the box or is the text badly printed? Does the box include the brand name, not just the active ingredient? Is there a serial number or batch code you can check with the manufacturer? Is the liquid in the pen clear and colourless? Is the pen broken? Does it have rough edges or loose parts? If you’re in any doubt, don’t use or buy the medication – especially if you’re not sure where it’s come from. Source: Lloyds Pharmacy “There is no way for her to know what is a safe dose as Retatrutide is still in clinical trials, and there is no way of knowing what the concentration is in this vial as it’s unmarked.” Deborah’s Warrington shop has a reception area, a woman doing nails to one side and behind a fabric divider is where the aesthetics practices take place. The screen blocks that portion of the shop from view of the floor to ceiling windows, and has two aesthetic beds, a surgical trolley, ring light, and multiple sets of plastic drawers. It is from one of the drawers she retrieved a small plastic bag which contained the unmarked vial that is a third full, alongside four syringes for weekly injections. Given it can cost in excess of £300 for a legitimate prescription of a semaglutide, Deborah’s £120 vial seems a bargain. After a quick how to guide for injecting, she hands it to our reporter. There was no BMI check, medical history taken, nor a prescription. The metal safety seal on the vial of drug had been removed and a needle hole was clearly visible in the rubber bung at the top. Debroah claims this is from her mixing up the jab. In the UK it is illegal to sell medication without correct labeling and fat jabs can only be prescribed in pen form. Aesthetics Doctor Kasim Usmani, GP and owner of Dr Kas clinics in Surrey, reviewed our footage of the sale, and said: “Shocked would be an understatement for what I saw in the video. This is a regulated professional playing with fire. “She is mis-selling a product and actually giving people an unlicensed, unregulated product with dubious information about handling and storage. “Retatrutide doesn’t have enough clinical data to know if it’s safe for use on humans long term. Yet here she is playing an experimental game with a drug that we have no idea what it will do in the long term.” Doctors should only prescribe the weight loss drugs to people with a BMI over 30 from a private clinic or a BMI of 40 from the NHS. Deborah has been a nurse since 2008, with her licence due to expire on 31st May 2027. The Sun has reported her to the nursing and midwife council. Deborah updates a WhatsApp group where she flogs the jabs often claiming her “supplier is going on holiday” urging people to order immediately. In this group some of the participants have ordered Retatrutide from her. When asked for comment Deborah said: “I wanted to help people, rightly or wrongly, as many couldn’t afford pharmacy prices. “People are aware they are purchasing this medication without prescription. I currently only sell to four people.” She added: “I was not aware it was Retatrutide that I provided you, an error on my part.” Deborah claimed that if she had been aware it was Retatrutide, she would have given different dosing instructions. She also claimed that the lack of labelling on the vial was because it was for “personal use”. The NMC told The Sun: “We’re here to protect the public by upholding standards, including our clear standards of safe prescribing practice. “Anyone in breach of these standards risks endangering people, and undermining trust and confidence in registered nursing and midwifery professionals. We can’t discuss individual cases. However, we’ll look carefully at all concerns that are raised with us.” Dr Stephen Childs, Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Sunderland, said: “Retatrutide is an investigational drug that has not yet been approved for public use and is still undergoing clinical trials to assess its safety and effectiveness. “Medicines that have not completed this process have not been fully evaluated for side effects, appropriate dosing, or long-term impact on the body. Products sold outside formal clinical trials may be counterfeit, contaminated, or incorrectly dosed, posing real risks to patients’ health. “Our advice is clear: never take prescription medicines unless they have been approved by regulators and prescribed by a qualified healthcare professional.” A spokesman for the Joint Council of Cosmetic Practitioners said: “If you are considering weight loss injections, the JCCP urges you to only purchase them with a prescription from a UK-registered pharmacy. All prescription medicines carry risk, but the risks are well understood. “If you purchase weight loss medicines from any other supplier, they are likely to be fake. These medicines are unlikely to contain the expected ingredients, and they may not be manufactured to appropriate standards of safety and hygiene. “Injecting fake weight loss medicines can have potentially disastrous consequences. “ Matt Fagg, Director of Prevention, NHS England and Improvement, said: “We are extremely concerned by reports of rogue sellers supplying unlicensed weight loss medicines mislabelled as Mounjaro, which could put people’s health at risk. “These drugs should only ever be prescribed by appropriately trained healthcare professionals with proper medical checks, clinical oversight and follow ups. “The NHS offers a range of safe and effective weight management support, and we would urge people to only use legitimate, regulated providers.”