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Female Forward: Episode 13: "Dodgy weight-loss products are flooding the market"

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Doctors are warning women not to gamble with their health by buying weight-loss injections from unlicensed suppliers.

While medicines like Ozempic and Mounjaro can be life-changing for the right patients - under the right supervision - a growing black market in counterfeit products is putting lives at risk right here in Joburg.

HOT1027's Tara Penny reports...
14 Aug English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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