Inside the UK's illegal Wegovy market trends now
Pharmacists have today raised the alarm about ‘miracle’ weight loss jab Wegovy' being sold online illegally.
Semaglutide is the key ingredient behind the fat-fighting loss injection that has taken Hollywood by storm, and was recently approved for use on the NHS.
But amid a general shortage of the drug, Dale Dennis, an OnlyFans model and personal trainer from Howden, East Yorkshire, is selling 10mg packets for up to £115.
These bottles carry labels clearly stating 'not for human consumption', and his website Raw Supplements UK states the drug is sold for 'research purposes only'.
However, on multiple social media profiles linked to his business Mr Dennis encourages people to take the drug to help them lose weight and directing them to his website to secure a supply.
Dale Dennis posts multiple videos online encouraging Brits wanting to lose weight to buy semaglutide from him for cheaper than the pharmaceutical version
The business behind the online sales, Raw Supplements UK, provide everything a buyer needs to self administer the drug like needles and sterile water, but say they 'do not provide advice on how to administer this product under UK law'
Semaglutide, the so called 'miracle' ingredient behind the weight loss jab Wegovy is being flogged online by unscrupulous sellers to Brits desperate to lose weight in bottles labelled 'not for human consumption' and for 'research only'
But some buyers who claim to have taken the drug have reported being 'bed bound and throwing up' for two days.
It is unclear if Mr Dennis is actually selling legitimate semaglutide or another kind of substance.
He has stated that he gets it '100 vials at a time' from a source in 'America' on a social media post seen by MailOnline.
This post was made to seek to reassure prospective buyers he was not supplying them with 'cheap Chinese stuff'.
Despite the assurances on Raw Supplements UK that 'We do not provide advice on how to administer this product under UK law’, Mr Dennis does so frequently on his social media accounts.
On one post, he says he personally takes '1.5mg' of the drug every four to five days as well as describing how to prepare it.
The official drug information for Wegovy states that people prescribed it should start at at 0.25mg per week and then increasing the dosage in stages, reaching a level of 1.7mg per week about four months into taking it.
But it is prescription only and will remain so when it eventually comes onto the British market legitimately in the coming weeks.
As such, and under UK law, offering any product containing semaglutide without a prescription is illegal.
Mr Dennis also advises taking other weight-loss products advertised on his website in combination with semaglutide to burn even more fat.
Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company that makes Wegovy and other semaglutide medications like Ozempic for diabetics, says it is 'unknown' if taking it with other weight loss products is safe.
In another post, he claims to have 'thousands of customers' taking his semaglutide and even offers to travel to buyers and let them try the injectable drug themselves.
He also offers advice on dosage, saying he takes 1.5mg every four to five days, a dosage not recommended by Wegovy's makers
Mr Dennis has multiple accounts touting his business online and pays for others to repost his messages
He directs them to a website called Raw Supplements or to contact him directly to secure a supply
Some people who claim to have taken Mr Dennis's semaglutide supply said they had been incapacitated for up two days after taking too much
Another, Jane Taylor, said she was sick for an entire day after taking the weight loss drug
His company Raw Supplements UK is registered as business involved in the sale of 'sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles' and he boasts on social media that he has 10 'employees'.
Kevin Joshua a UK registered pharmacist
