Weight loss: Woman thought black market drugs would kill her

The search for solutions, or relief from discomfort and pain, will be familiar to so many people.

New products, medications and treatments will always create a buzz if they’ve offered signs of success in alleviating those symptoms – to those appropriately prescribed them.

But that buzz creates a demand. And where there’s demand, there’s an opportunity.

We see it in the high street, where the market place steps up to provide “solutions” at every price bracket, when it sees a customer need going unanswered.

This soon spills over into the counterfeits sold in the unlicensed arena: Social media and word of mouth.

And here it’s anyone’s guess as to what you’re buying, what it truly contains and how safe it might be.

So many of us will have been tempted by the offer of grand promises, but as we hear so often, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

When in search of medical solutions, it’s always best to seek them from medical professionals.