Home / HealthHealthABC NewsHealthABC News·Sep 13, 2026·1 min readPatient suffers torn oesophagus after using unapproved peptideThe medicines regulator has revealed a patient has suffered a torn oesophagus after using an unapproved weight-loss peptide labelled as retatrutide.View original source — ABC News ↗ShareCopy linkShare on XShare on FacebookRelated storiesHealthABC NewsHealthJun 19, 2026 · 1 minPatients in liver failure after using knock-off weight loss drugABC NewsHealthStuffHealthSep 9, 2026 · 1 minGP censured after prescribing Ivermectin for Covid-19StuffWorldCBCWorldSep 10, 2026 · 1 minGeneric acetaminophen pills recalled due to possible 'foreign material' contaminationCBCWorldRNZWorldJun 9, 2026 · 1 minTanning, weight loss, anti-ageing - what do we really know about peptides?RNZ
HealthABC NewsHealthJun 19, 2026 · 1 minPatients in liver failure after using knock-off weight loss drugABC News
WorldCBCWorldSep 10, 2026 · 1 minGeneric acetaminophen pills recalled due to possible 'foreign material' contaminationCBC
WorldRNZWorldJun 9, 2026 · 1 minTanning, weight loss, anti-ageing - what do we really know about peptides?RNZ