America’s Poison Centers logged 862 exposures to retatrutide in the three months ending in September, up from 460 in the prior three months and 249 in the first three months of 2026, CBS News reported. The FDA has also received two reports of people who died after taking products sold as retatrutide, an experimental Eli Lilly obesity drug that no regulator has approved. Poison Center Exposures to Bootleg Retatrutide Nearly Double in Three Months as FDA Logs Two Death Reports – https://www.medicaldaily.com/retatrutide-poison-center-exposures-fda-death-reports-479901

Meanwhile in Australia…

The medicines regulator has revealed a patient suffered a torn oesophagus after using an unapproved weight-loss peptide labelled as retatrutide. Laboratory testing found the product contained no retatrutide, but instead a high dose of undeclared weight-loss drug semaglutide. Retatrutide is currently undergoing clinical trials in humans and has not been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. Patient suffers torn oesophagus after using unapproved peptide, prompting fresh warnings – https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-14/tga-peptide-warning-retatrutide-torn-oesophagus/107143510

The department has been notified of six cases of acute liver toxicity associated with an unapproved peptide product in Australia, labelled Retatrutide. Toxicity linked to unapproved peptide product labelled Retatrutide – https://www.health.vic.gov.au/health-alerts/toxicity-linked-to-unapproved-peptide-retatrutide

Emergency visits linked to peptide use in Australia surged 4,240%, from five in July 2025 to 217 in September 2026. Social media influencers promote peptides for weight loss, muscle growth, injury recovery and anti-aging, but unapproved products may pose risks due to uncertain composition, quality and safety. Retatrutide Driving Peptide-Linked Emergency Hospital Admissions In Australia: What Are The Risks? – https://www.healthandme.com/health-news/retatrutide-driving-peptide-linked-emergency-hospital-visits-in-australia-what-are-the-risks-article-156365185

In Silicon Valley, devotees have gathered at peptide parties to drink, dance and inject themselves with these chemicals—all in pursuit of sharper minds and more sculpted bodies. But within the last few years, peptides have become a much broader phenomenon, not just taken for self-optimization but for treating chronic pain and various other conditions…“We’re seeing a new rival or parallel health system emerge,” says Daniel Carpenter, chair of the government department at Harvard University and an expert in FDA regulation, “built on self-diagnosis and easy access to a wide range of treatments.” Peptides Are All the Rage, Promising Miracle Cures and Makeovers Delivered by Injection. How Did We Get Here? – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/peptides-are-all-the-rage-promising-miracle-cures-and-makeovers-delivered-by-injection-how-did-we-get-here-180989454/

Source article for the post title – The Human Lab Rats Injecting Themselves with Peptides https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition/human-lab-rats-injecting-themselves-peptides

The lack of critical thinking and absence of common sense astounds me.

Yikes.