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Illegal weight loss drug floods SA | SA News

4 July 2026 by Guest

The man at the Johannesburg gym had an answer for every question.

The injectable he was selling was pharmaceutical grade, he insisted. It had been manufactured locally in a clean, high-tech lab. A month’s supply cost R3000. He pulled a professionally packaged, slickly designed box from his bag. The label read, simply: Retatrutide.

Across the globe, retatrutide has become one of the most closely watched experimental obesity drugs in medical history. Early-stage clinical trials have produced unprecedented weight-loss results, eclipsing even the massive success of semaglutide (Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro). 

But there is a catch: it is still undergoing testing. It is not approved for…

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  1. Aqua Diva

    7 September 2026 at 11:25 am

    Chow – to eat / food. Often used when talking about food, this term can be used as a verb, meaning to eat, or when talking about the food itself.Example: “Let’s chow my bru!” / “This chow is spicy!”

  2. Universe Bullet

    6 September 2026 at 11:22 am

    If you love yourself, dare not to take a sleeping pill and a laxative at the same time

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