Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: Booming black market in Ozempic shows how harmful the stigma around obesity is

Vomiting, nausea, indigestion, sulphur burps, diarrhoea, constipation. Electrolyte imbalance, gall stones, pancreatitis, hospitalisations. These are all known potential side effects of a medication that people are willing to go to great lengths to get, even from illegal vendors.

I’m talking about the so-called “skinny jabs”, a terrible name for the potent weight-loss medications that hit the market a few short years ago..