In a 31-year-old woman, a vial sold online as semaglutide contained insulin instead of semaglutide and she was admitted in a hypoglycaemic coma.
In plain wordsA woman injected a vial sold online as semaglutide. It held insulin, not semaglutide, and she fell into a low blood sugar coma.
- Peptide
- Semaglutide
- Outcome
- Not applicableContent of falsified semaglutide product and hypoglycaemic coma
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Adverse events · Metabolic and weight
Source sentences
We present a case of a 31-year-old woman who was admitted to the emergency room in a hypoglycaemic coma after self-administrating semaglutide (Ozempic) obtained from a website.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Toxicological analysis showed that the vial contained insulin instead of semaglutide, therefore leading to severe hypoglycaemia.
In this study, Semaglutide was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Semaglutide.