Concerns with husbands rapid weight loss on peptides

[sunbun]

I'm coming here in hopes that someone can help me understand. My mother is obsessed with these shots. She's been on almost every name brand, switched over to peptides, and is now on Mounjaro. She was even hospitalized when she was doing both the prescribed and the ones she ordered through a lady on social media. Sooo with that being said, my mom is probably in this forum and will likely see this lol. If so, hey girl. She's obsessed

Anyway, she has a ton of peptides as "backups." My husband had been complaining about his weight at 220lbs (5'8"). She convinced him to use her [mod removed name of vendor] and within 3 weeks, he is down to 198. His goal is 180. I checked the vial, and it says not for human consumption, research purposes only. So does this absolve the company of any liability entirely in the event that something severe comes up?

I was on my mom's leftover trulicity and ozempic a year ago and stopped after a few months because I got scared of a "if you or your family member ever..." type deal popping up. I gained back half of the weight immediately. I'm wondering how likely it is for my husband to keep that weight off when he goes off of the med if he sticks to a strict diet

I've heard a lot of people say that they aren't that worried about long term health conditions that this med may cause because obesity is morbid and decreases quality of life as is. I know that's how he feels, but I'm still worried sick for his health.

Can someone please help ease my mind??

 

[Nikki nik]

I'm coming here in hopes that someone can help me understand. My mother is obsessed with these shots. She's been on almost every name brand, switched over to peptides, and is now on Mounjaro. She was even hospitalized when she was doing both the prescribed and the ones she ordered through a lady on social media. Sooo with that being said, my mom is probably in this forum and will likely see this lol. If so, hey girl. She's obsessed

Anyway, she has a ton of peptides as "backups." My husband had been complaining about his weight at 220lbs (5'8"). She convinced him to use her [mod removed name of vendor] and within 3 weeks, he is down to 198. His goal is 180. I checked the vial, and it says not for human consumption, research purposes only. So does this absolve the company of any liability entirely in the event that something severe comes up?

I was on my mom's leftover trulicity and ozempic a year ago and stopped after a few months because I got scared of a "if you or your family member ever..." type deal popping up. I gained back half of the weight immediately. I'm wondering how likely it is for my husband to keep that weight off when he goes off of the med if he sticks to a strict diet

I've heard a lot of people say that they aren't that worried about long term health conditions that this med may cause because obesity is morbid and decreases quality of life as is. I know that's how he feels, but I'm still worried sick for his health.

Can someone please help ease my mind??

Wow! Someone will definitely come over and help you. Just read along. Good luck. Not for human consumption hmmmm. Let's bow our heads and pray

 

[rkl123]

Feels like a troll post.

 

[scarywood75]

I'm coming here in hopes that someone can help me understand. My mother is obsessed with these shots. She's been on almost every name brand, switched over to peptides, and is now on Mounjaro. She was even hospitalized when she was doing both the prescribed and the ones she ordered through a lady on social media. Sooo with that being said, my mom is probably in this forum and will likely see this lol. If so, hey girl. She's obsessed

Anyway, she has a ton of peptides as "backups." My husband had been complaining about his weight at 220lbs (5'8"). She convinced him to use her [mod removed name of vendor] and within 3 weeks, he is down to 198. His goal is 180. I checked the vial, and it says not for human consumption, research purposes only. So does this absolve the company of any liability entirely in the event that something severe comes up?

I was on my mom's leftover trulicity and ozempic a year ago and stopped after a few months because I got scared of a "if you or your family member ever..." type deal popping up. I gained back half of the weight immediately. I'm wondering how likely it is for my husband to keep that weight off when he goes off of the med if he sticks to a strict diet

I've heard a lot of people say that they aren't that worried about long term health conditions that this med may cause because obesity is morbid and decreases quality of life as is. I know that's how he feels, but I'm still worried sick for his health.

Can someone please help ease my mind??

It's more risky than the real deal and there's never a guarantee you won't get rip off. Can be mitigated by buying from known vendors and testing your shit. Now hopefully your mom does that.

The not for human consumption is a loophole that allows them to sell patented products without getting into immediate trouble. It's not FDA checked or anything - you buy from a drug dealer.

He will most likely need to continue using once he's at goal weight. People are delusional and try to convince them they can just stop and keep the weight off, but studies don't lie. So keep in mind it's a lifelong drug, whether it's the ones we currently have or new ones in the coming years.

Most of the weight he lost so far are just water weight because they're strong anti inflammatory. If he's eating well, enough macros, then it's fine.

Hopefully that clears some thoughts!

 

[hexagonal]

Anyway, she has a ton of peptides as "backups." My husband had been complaining about his weight at 220lbs (5'8"). She convinced him to use her [mod removed name of vendor] and within 3 weeks, he is down to 198. His goal is 180.

A lot of this is probably water weight. I lost about 10lb of it damn near overnight when I started on Tirz. 20ish lb in 3 weeks at the start is fairly normal.

I checked the vial, and it says not for human consumption, research purposes only. So does this absolve the company of any liability entirely in the event that something severe comes up?

You want someone to have liability, shell out for the real deal. No one here is going to sugarcoat it and pretend that if something goes wrong there is anyone to sue or take responsibility for it. The community on the whole tries to do as much harm reduction as possible, through testing of product, sharing results, helping people understand how to use things, etc. But we're not doctors and peptide companies aren't pharmacies.

By basically every metric possible, I am far healthier now than I was when I started using compounding and then grey market peptides. But maybe one of the vials sitting in my freezer is full of ebola or ricin.

I was on my mom's leftover trulicity and ozempic a year ago and stopped after a few months because I got scared of a "if you or your family member ever..." type deal popping up. I gained back half of the weight immediately. I'm wondering how likely it is for my husband to keep that weight off when he goes off of the med if he sticks to a strict diet

These medications don't break the laws of physics. They help us with maintaining the right calories in to calories out ratio through a variety of mechanisms. If he maintains that via diet and exercise after, he'll maintain weight.

But there's a reason we're here - doing that shit is hard. These don't have to be lifelong drugs, but for many people, they are.

I've heard a lot of people say that they aren't that worried about long term health conditions that this med may cause because obesity is morbid and decreases quality of life as is. I know that's how he feels, but I'm still worried sick for his health.

Can someone please help ease my mind??

For the actual GLP-1s, particularly semaglutide and tirzepatide (and largely retatrutide, though clinic trials aren't actually finished yet), we have massive evidence of significant health benefits across a wide variety of systems. Outside of obesity being one of the absolute worst things from overall health outcomes, we also just see improved outcomes in cardiovascular health, addiction control, sleep apnea, and a variety of other things totally independent of weight loss.

There are risks with the medications. We know for a fact many people lose significant lean body mass while on them. The older you are, the harder this is to get back. People end up sarcopenic and don't do enough to improve their lifestyle. If they lose a bunch of lean body mass and then put all the weight back on, they might end up worse in the long run.

Resistance training and adequate protein intake can totally remove this as a risk. I've put on significant muscle mass while losing fat.

We also know that there is some correlation with vision issues. This is extremely rare and has also largely been correlated to people with severe diabetes, who run into these same vision issues even without these meds. Some data suggests it happens at slightly higher rates in these populations when GLP-1 medications are used. Some data contradicts it. We don't really know.

We also know that in rodent studies there has been thyroid cancer. We do not have any evidence, to my knowledge, that these findings translate into humans.

But this is for the name brand version of the medications. The peptides we use from the grey and black market are generally the salt version of the compound. For many medications, there is basically zero difference between the different forms. For some, there is massive difference. The anecdotal data seems to suggest that these peptides fall into the former group. We do not have any clinical or scientific study backed evidence either way.


Random people selling stuff on TikTok is probably one of the riskiest ways to do this. Everyone here would recommend finding a vendor that both provides their own testing reports as well as one that gets regular independent community testing done.

But you're still buying drugs from a drug dealer, not getting a prescription filled at your local Walgreens.

 

[exploitedworkerbee]

In order to avoid what looks like potential astroturfing I’ve edited messages to remove references to the vendor name in this thread.

 

[Garbo]

Respect and gratitude to the members here who responded to @sunbun. I admit right now there is no way I would even begin to tackle her issues.

That being said, I sure hope that sunbun's mom IS on this forum, recognizes her daughter from the bazillion clues in the post, and reaches out to educate and "ease her mind."

Preferably IRL but doing it here would be ... interesting.

 

[Nikki nik]

Feels like a troll post.

I was trying to refrain from saying this!

 

[Mykrodot]

I'm coming here in hopes that someone can help me understand. My mother is obsessed with these shots. She's been on almost every name brand, switched over to peptides, and is now on Mounjaro. She was even hospitalized when she was doing both the prescribed and the ones she ordered through a lady on social media. Sooo with that being said, my mom is probably in this forum and will likely see this lol. If so, hey girl. She's obsessed

Anyway, she has a ton of peptides as "backups." My husband had been complaining about his weight at 220lbs (5'8"). She convinced him to use her [mod removed name of vendor] and within 3 weeks, he is down to 198. His goal is 180. I checked the vial, and it says not for human consumption, research purposes only. So does this absolve the company of any liability entirely in the event that something severe comes up?

I was on my mom's leftover trulicity and ozempic a year ago and stopped after a few months because I got scared of a "if you or your family member ever..." type deal popping up. I gained back half of the weight immediately. I'm wondering how likely it is for my husband to keep that weight off when he goes off of the med if he sticks to a strict diet

I've heard a lot of people say that they aren't that worried about long term health conditions that this med may cause because obesity is morbid and decreases quality of life as is. I know that's how he feels, but I'm still worried sick for his health.

Can someone please help ease my mind??

If it helps ease your mind a little it's not much different than a compounding pharmacy, the big difference is you need to know how to reconstitute yourself. Both Novo and Lily have released public statements saying they have sold none of their medications to compounding pharmacies. The compounders use these peptides too. As far as loss of muscle mass goes that can be mitigated by boosting protein and strength training. I'm attaching two articles, one is about muscle loss, and the other about protein. They may help. Best wishes!

https://www.healthcentral.com/condition/obesity/weight-loss-medication-muscle-loss

How Protein Can Help You Lose Weight Naturally

This is a detailed review of the weight loss effects of protein. A high protein diet can boost metabolism and reduce appetite, helping you lose weight.

www.healthline.com

 

[DevynL90]

In order to avoid what looks like potential astroturfing I’ve edited messages to remove references to the vendor name in this thread.

i think we're getting a couple new creative advertising campaigns hitting this forum this morning. i imagine this is gonna be a new norm from now on.

 

[Garbo]

i think we're getting a couple new creative advertising campaigns hitting this forum this morning. i imagine this is gonna be a new norm from now on.

What an interesting take! And if you're right, may heaven have mercy on poor @exploitedworkerbee's soul

 

[Morbius]

OP could be a troll or an advertiser, but if they are a real person I am glad they received some help.

 

[christa_channing]

I guess I have a different relationship with my mom. “Hey girl” is for girlfriends.

 

[nonyabizznez]

I was on my mom's leftover trulicity and ozempic a year ago and stopped after a few months because I got scared of a "if you or your family member ever..." type deal popping up.

So you weren't prescribed Trulicity or Ozempic but just went to your Mom and said 'Hey gurl... Lemme have your drugs"

So does this absolve the company of any liability entirely in the event that something severe comes up?
Can someone please help ease my mind??

Who's liable if something went wrong with you taking your Mom's drugs? Maybe she has a script for a pill to ease your mind?

Your concern for their better health should ease your mind. Not the fact your husband is getting skinny.

 

[ronnieslab]

I'm coming here in hopes that someone can help me understand. My mother is obsessed with these shots. She's been on almost every name brand, switched over to peptides, and is now on Mounjaro. She was even hospitalized when she was doing both the prescribed and the ones she ordered through a lady on social media. Sooo with that being said, my mom is probably in this forum and will likely see this lol. If so, hey girl. She's obsessed

Anyway, she has a ton of peptides as "backups." My husband had been complaining about his weight at 220lbs (5'8"). She convinced him to use her [mod removed name of vendor] and within 3 weeks, he is down to 198. His goal is 180. I checked the vial, and it says not for human consumption, research purposes only. So does this absolve the company of any liability entirely in the event that something severe comes up?

I was on my mom's leftover trulicity and ozempic a year ago and stopped after a few months because I got scared of a "if you or your family member ever..." type deal popping up. I gained back half of the weight immediately. I'm wondering how likely it is for my husband to keep that weight off when he goes off of the med if he sticks to a strict diet

I've heard a lot of people say that they aren't that worried about long term health conditions that this med may cause because obesity is morbid and decreases quality of life as is. I know that's how he feels, but I'm still worried sick for his health.

Can someone please help ease my mind??

 

[ronnieslab]

Die Skinny Die Fat either way Die will be in it . Seriously I don't think I've read where a single person had complained about feeling good, being able to control cravings. Good for your husband. I was 270 last March 2024, I'm 205 this March 2025.

 

[nonyabizznez]

Die Skinny Die Fat either way Die will be in it . Seriously I don't think I've read where a single person had complained about feeling good, being able to control cravings. Good for your husband. I was 270 last March 2024, I'm 205 this March 2025.

Congrats on your weight loss!

 

[keangkong]

I'm coming here in hopes that someone can help me understand. My mother is obsessed with these shots. She's been on almost every name brand, switched over to peptides, and is now on Mounjaro. She was even hospitalized when she was doing both the prescribed and the ones she ordered through a lady on social media. Sooo with that being said, my mom is probably in this forum and will likely see this lol. If so, hey girl. She's obsessed

Anyway, she has a ton of peptides as "backups." My husband had been complaining about his weight at 220lbs (5'8"). She convinced him to use her [mod removed name of vendor] and within 3 weeks, he is down to 198. His goal is 180. I checked the vial, and it says not for human consumption, research purposes only. So does this absolve the company of any liability entirely in the event that something severe comes up?

I was on my mom's leftover trulicity and ozempic a year ago and stopped after a few months because I got scared of a "if you or your family member ever..." type deal popping up. I gained back half of the weight immediately. I'm wondering how likely it is for my husband to keep that weight off when he goes off of the med if he sticks to a strict diet

I've heard a lot of people say that they aren't that worried about long term health conditions that this med may cause because obesity is morbid and decreases quality of life as is. I know that's how he feels, but I'm still worried sick for his health.

Can someone please help ease my mind??

"So does this absolve the company of any liability entirely in the event that something severe comes up?"

As a lawyer, granted one who does not deal with anything typically considered civil, I would think that a vendor who sells something marketed not for human consumption would be extremely hard to sue in case something went wrong. (As a lawyer, I should add, if you're a vendor and selling peptides in the US, you need to talk to a lawyer who knows more than I do about what you ought to do to protect yourself from civil and criminal consequences.) Also, real drug companies usually are worth huge amounts of money and are easy to find. That means if you can establish a meritorious claim and go through all the necessary steps to obtain a legal judgment, you are quite likely to receive your money. I'll also add that suing the big drug companies is also not easy: While they will pay judgments if so order, they'll typically fight you in court like crazy. Proving that a defect in a medicine caused a particular injury is typically hard.

I'm not knocking the grey market. I use it myself.

 

[keangkong]

What an interesting take! And if you're right, may heaven have mercy on poor @exploitedworkerbee's soul

If Purgarory exists, exploitedworkerbee will avoid going there and go directly to Heaven based upon his work on this forum.

 

[keangkong]

I'm coming here in hopes that someone can help me understand. My mother is obsessed with these shots. She's been on almost every name brand, switched over to peptides, and is now on Mounjaro. She was even hospitalized when she was doing both the prescribed and the ones she ordered through a lady on social media. Sooo with that being said, my mom is probably in this forum and will likely see this lol. If so, hey girl. She's obsessed

Anyway, she has a ton of peptides as "backups." My husband had been complaining about his weight at 220lbs (5'8"). She convinced him to use her [mod removed name of vendor] and within 3 weeks, he is down to 198. His goal is 180. I checked the vial, and it says not for human consumption, research purposes only. So does this absolve the company of any liability entirely in the event that something severe comes up?

I was on my mom's leftover trulicity and ozempic a year ago and stopped after a few months because I got scared of a "if you or your family member ever..." type deal popping up. I gained back half of the weight immediately. I'm wondering how likely it is for my husband to keep that weight off when he goes off of the med if he sticks to a strict diet

I've heard a lot of people say that they aren't that worried about long term health conditions that this med may cause because obesity is morbid and decreases quality of life as is. I know that's how he feels, but I'm still worried sick for his health.

Can someone please help ease my mind??

If you're worried about thyroid cancer, the reference is medullary thyroid cancer. Find out if any relatives described in the literature have that specific type of thyroid cancer. Re-read the prescribing information because it mentions one other medical condition. The same medical doctor who treats my in-remission papillary thyroid cancer prescribed tirzepatide. Past papillary thyroid cancer, which is far more common than medullary thyroid cancer, is not a reason to avoid using tirzepatide.