I took fake Ozempic to be skinny for my wedding — I thought I was going to die

She’s giving the skinny on the scary side effects of weight-loss injectables.

A British bride-to-be who purchased a “skinny jab” over the internet says she “thought she was going to die” after injecting the drug at her home late last month.

Vikki Ryan, 38, didn’t disclose the brand name of the medication she acquired but said it was advertised as a GLP-1 RA.

Those drugs, originally developed to treat diabetes, suppress a user’s appetite and have now become popularly prescribed by doctors to help patients lose weight. Legitimate versions of the medication are sold under brand names such as Ozempic and Wegovy.

“I wouldn’t say I’ve ever been massively overweight but as women, we’re always unhappy with the way we look,” Ryan told Kennedy News and Media in an interview.

Ryan said she first purchased one of the injectables over the internet back in 2020, and she quickly dropped the pounds.

“It was after lockdown and I’d gained some weight,” Ryan recalled. “I managed to lose a stone and a half (21 pounds) in three weeks. I barely ate, I was only managing a couple of mouthfuls.”

“Six months ago, I decided I wanted to use it again and ordered a batch online,” the mom-of-two continued. “I again lost a bit of weight. I decided to do another order about four weeks ago.”

“I’m getting married next year and wanted to lose some pounds before my dress is ready to try on in February,” she explained. “It’s the pressure to lose the weight for trying on my dress. I’m not getting married until September, but didn’t want to try on my dress in February and be too big for it.”

On Dec. 10, Ryan injected one of the jabs but failed to feel any of the effects. She subsequently decided to up her dosage — and within an hour she became extremely unwell.

“I went to my mom’s that evening for dinner and managed to eat a tiny bit when I started feeling ill,” Ryan stated. “I went upstairs and was projectile vomiting. I went home and was sick again … From that night I was sick every half an hour for the next 30 hours.”

“I got to, like, 31 hours of being continuously sick,” she further declared. “I couldn’t go to the toilet to pass urine; I felt terrible.”

Eventually, Ryan contacted her mom who took her to the hospital.

The bride-to-be was prescribed an anti-nausea medication that eventually stopped her from vomiting.

However, she says she’s still feeling the effects from the episode almost a month on.

“I still don’t feel right,” she admitted. “I still can’t eat anything and feel sick all the time. I feel dehydrated constantly. I’m always thirsty. I only eat once a day because everything makes me feel ill.”

Ryan says she’s now “disgusted” at herself for purchasing the shady drug over the internet and is warning others to speak with a doctor if they want to try legitimate skinny jabs.

“The thought of it makes me feel sick. I’ve definitely learned my lesson. It’s my own fault.,” she confessed. “I hope other people will realize the dangers of this too. I say to everyone now, ‘Don’t do it.’ It’s scary what it can do to you.”

However, Ryan isn’t the first British woman to experience horrific side effects after injecting counterfeit injectables online.

Last September, mom Michelle Sword collapsed and suffered a seizure at her home when her blood sugar dropped to dangerously low levels following her self-administering of the drug.