Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace says she almost died after taking fake Ozempic injections purchased on the black market. The former Big Brother contestant turned to the controversial weight loss jab after gaining two stone in weight following the death of her best friend Femi in 2024.
![[The former Big Brother contestant turned to the controversial weight loss jab after gaining two stone in weight following the death of her best friend Femi (pictured with Aisleyne) in 2024]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/21/15/94352251-14309313-image-a-7_1737474305239.jpg)
Aisleyne, 46, admits she was in a 'dark place' before inadvertently using a counterfeit version of the drug - initially developed as a treatment for diabetes - and struggling with awful side effects. She told Closer magazine: 'I won't lie, and I'm not proud, but I bought Ozempic injections from the black market... I must have had a dodgy batch because my body reacted so badly.
![[Originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes, Semaglutide is used off-label. It has been branded as a new diet drug that everybody is apparently taking]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/01/10/23/66430307-11621107-image-a-9_1673394300482.jpg)
'For three days, I thought I was going to die. I was in my bed, waking up vomiting, suffering with diarrhoea and falling asleep again. At one point, I had three bags of vomit by my bedside. 'Frighteningly, I started losing my vision, my eyes were going blurry, and I couldn't even see my phone. I had no idea what was going to happen to me.'.
![[Aisleyne admits she was in a 'dark place' before inadvertently using a counterfeit version of the drug - initially developed as a treatment for diabetes - and struggling with side effects]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/21/15/94352503-14309313-image-m-9_1737474637699.jpg)
Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace almost died after taking fake Ozempic injections purchased on the black market (pictured left in 2024, right in 2023). The former Big Brother contestant turned to the controversial weight loss jab after gaining two stone in weight following the death of her best friend Femi (pictured with Aisleyne) in 2024.
![[Aisleyne broke the news of Femi's tragic death in an Instagram post shared with followers in June 2024 (pictured together in an undated social media photo)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/21/15/94352683-14309313-Aisleyne_broke_the_news_of_Femi_s_tragic_death_in_an_Instagram_p-m-14_1737474940033.jpg)
