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We bought and tested what was sold as an experimental weight loss drug. The lab results were "pretty terrifying."

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CBS News tested what was marketed as an experimental weight loss drug bought from several sources to find out what's actually in the vials.

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An obesity drug that hasn't cleared federal safety checks is being hawked online and even at a New York bodega, and buying it is distractingly simple. CBS News match Adam Yamaguchi ordered vials of restatrutide, a next-generation weight-loss peptide that Eli Lilly is still researching, from two websites that promised...

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Recently, the peptide drug Reta or Retatrutide has been particularly prominent in the discussion, but it is a weight management drug that is still in the experimental stage at the company Eli Lilly. Although the drug has not been approved by the drug authorities, it has nevertheless been produced and sold on the black market in many parts of the world, including Iceland.

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CBS News broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
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