I overdosed on fat jabs I bought online after being refused by docs…they nearly killed me, says Big Brother’s Narinder

WHEN doctors told her she was overweight, former Big Brother star Narinder Kaur took a decision that could have claimed her life.

The 52-year-old, who was not eligible for weight-loss jabs on the NHS, went home and ordered some online.

And after injecting more than ­double the recommended dose, she felt so sick she thought she was dying.

Mum-of-two Narinder, who appeared on Big Brother in 2001, says: “Hearing those words from the GP was the final straw. It was ­official: I was fat.

“Stupidly, I ordered drugs online. That was the biggest mistake ever.

“I used weight-loss jabs without any professional medical guidance and I put my life at risk.

“I haven’t spoken about any of this before today because I felt embarrassed at having been so irresponsible and reckless.”

Yesterday, we revealed how Towie star Gemma Collins is a fan of the jabs after dropping two dress sizes — and 2st — by resorting to Mounjaro injections after years of failed diets.

But using similar jabs last November proved nearly fatal for ­Narinder, and now she wants to share her ­terrifying ordeal as a stark ­warning to anyone considering taking them.

She says: “I have always been curvy — at my heaviest I was a size 14 which is pretty big for my height of 5ft 1in. I’ve tried all the diets — Atkins, WeightWatchers, Slimming World, Slimfast, those tummy-toning machines.

“I’ve been trolled for having fat rolls when I posted holiday snaps of myself in a bikini.

“When I came out of the Big Brother house in 2001 ­people called me chunky and said I should never wear short skirts.

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‘Easy to lie’

“Looking back, I did look quite chubby, but at that time heroin chic was fashionable and even being a size eight wasn’t thin enough — everyone aspired to be a size zero.

“A magazine compared me to Kylie Minogue, just because we were wearing similar dresses, and that made me feel so fat and ugly that I didn’t get out of bed for a week.”

TV panellist Narinder dropped to a size six after her son Jeevan, now 19, was born, but the scales gradually crept back up again following the birth of daughter Deevah, now 17.

She hit the menopause last year and found it harder than ever to keep her weight under control. With the scales at 9st 2lb, Narinder was told she was overweight late last year.

She said: “In mid-November last year I was photographed coming out of the gym after a workout.

“I had been feeling alright about myself generally but when I saw those pictures I was horrified — I thought I looked huge, I hated my thighs and decided I needed to lose weight before Christmas.

[quote credit=”Narinder “]Buying the jabs took less than ten minutes, I didn’t need an appointment with a ­private doctor[/quote]

“Clearly my usual diet and exercise routine was not working. I ­remember so clearly that was the day I decided to ask the doctor to prescribe me weight loss jabs”

Having heard about “miracle” injections such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, Narinder asked for a prescription, but was turned down.

So she went home and immediately placed an order with an online pharmacy, answering a handful of simple questions about her height, weight and medical history.

She says: “Buying the jabs took less than ten minutes, I didn’t need an appointment with a ­private doctor, to speak to anyone or even leave the house.

“It would have been easy to lie on the form, but I didn’t fudge anything.

“I just uploaded an old photo of me looking shocking, paid £120 and it was a done deal. The drugs arrived a couple of days later.

Earlier this week an undercover reporter — who at 16 was ineligible for weight-loss drugs — revealed in The Sun how she was able to buy them simply by amending her online prescription application to say she was 18.

When Narinder’s pack containing four weeks’ supply of Wegovy arrived, she immediately injected the recommended first dose of 0.25ml.

But she felt no effects for the first few days.

Users are advised to remain on the lowest dose for a minimum of two months to give the body time to adjust to the ­powerful drug, before increasing the amount slowly.

‘Desperate’

But a week later — and without any medical guidance — Narinder decided to double her dose to 0.5mg.

She explains: “I was desperate to lose weight before Christmas, and I felt sure I could handle a higher dose.

“I’d read horror stories about these jabs but I never thought it would affect me badly like that.

“I was just desperate not to think about food all the time, and that urge outweighed the risk for me.

“When I did the injection, a bit of liquid leaked out on to my belly and I wasn’t sure how much had actually gone in, so I thought I should do it again.”

Narinder gave herself a second shot. Within two hours she was hit by waves of nausea and soon started vomiting so ­violently she was unable to walk and could not even keep water down.

She went straight to bed but by the next morning she felt far worse and could not face eating or drinking anything at all.

“Every smell turned my stomach,” she says. “I tried to go for a walk but could not avoid smells of food or cooking which made me feel terrible.

“By day three, I really thought I was going to die.

“It had been 72 hours and I still hadn’t managed a sip of water. I felt so weak I could hardly sit up or talk at all, and my hands felt floppy.

“I’ve had Covid and ­norovirus before but I have never felt so ill in my life. I actually thought my death was going to be caused by trying to get thin.”

Narinder called the NHS 111 helpline and was advised to go straight to A&E.

[quote credit=”Narinder “]I actually thought my death was going to be caused by trying to get thin[/quote]

When she arrived at the Whittington Hospital near her North London home, on the verge of collapsing, a nurse explained there was no cure and she would ­simply have to wait for the high dose of Wegovy to leave her system over the next few days.

Narinder says: “Until today I have not wanted to admit that I went to hospital and wasted NHS resources when there are so many people suffering with real injuries.

“I will never forget the mortification — and it was all my fault.”

Narinder was given steroids and anti-sickness tablets to help ease the nausea, but for the next ten days she survived on sips of Coca-Cola and managing to suck on one jelly sweet a day.

‘Nearly died of stupidity’

After four weeks she started to feel slightly better, but it was only at six weeks that she was able to eat normally again. 

She says: “As well as the physical symptoms I suffered during those weeks when I was recovering, the drug also dampened my personality. I felt dull and depressed.

“I couldn’t even look at the area of the kitchen where we keep ­alcohol, and I’m usually the first to order a glass of Champagne.

“I lost tons of weight but I had no idea what I was doing.

“I haven’t touched the jabs since, I can’t even look at the box without feeling sick. I would never be tempted to try weight-loss ­injections again unless, perhaps, I was being closely monitored every week by a doctor.

“But even then I would be highly dubious. Nobody should be injecting themselves — it is far too easy to make a mistake with the dosing.

“I’m an intelligent woman with a law degree so if I managed to cock it up, so could anyone else.

“I felt I should have known ­better, but I have battled with my weight my entire life.

“Like millions of people, I was sick of starving myself and this seemed like an easy fix. But the effect of mis-dosing was so strong it simply was not worth it.

“Skinny jabs have scared me off quick-fix diets for life.

“It’s back to eating less and exercising more. I nearly died of stupidity.”

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