A scam weight-loss treatment marketed to Australians as an “oral solution” that mimics the effects of Ozempic contains nothing more than a watery saline solution similar to eye drops, analysis has revealed.

Guardian Australia revealed last month that online “ghost stores” masquerading as Australian businesses had expanded into advertising weight-loss treatments and were impersonating real people to recommend their products.

Scientists from the University of New South Wales school of chemistry analysed a sample of the “STDEI GLP-1 Weight Loss Oral Liquid”, which was bought from the website Maementcurves.com on 23 July, on behalf of Guardian Australia.

According to their analysis, the solution contained only small concentrations of any detectable compounds. Online shoppers warned of ‘

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