‘I was one skinny jab away from death,’ says mum rushed to hospital after buying cheap ‘weight loss jab’ on Instagram [Video]

A MUM’S bid to shed some pounds almost killed her after she used a ‘skinny jab’ she bought on Instagram.

Shannon Flannery was rushed to hospital after vomiting continuously for four days and urinating blood when taking the supposed fat-busting injection purchased online.

The 27-year-old claims she bought the drug from an Instagram seller.

She believes the jabs were fake, but no doctor has confirmed this.

The mum-of-two had been using the injectable for a week to shed a few pounds before a summer wedding.

The family of drugs known as GLP-1 RAs, originally developed to treat diabetes, are now often being used for weight loss as they were found to suppress a patient’s appetite.

Shannon paid £120 for ten weeks’ worth of injections, which arrived in …