Gay YouTuber wants stricter regulation of the use of weight-loss drugs after being hospitalised

A man who spent more than £1,000 ($1,300) on a weight-loss drug has claimed his use of it left him feeling “drained”, triggered “panic attacks”, and made him fear he “was going to die”.

Gay YouTuber Georgie Aldous, from the Norfolk seaside town of Great Yarmouth, who came out as gay at 16, is now campaigning for tighter government regulation around the use of weight-loss drugs.

Now 26, he told PinkNews that his third hospital visit was a wake-up call about the dangers around his use of Mounjaro, which he stopped taking in April 2024.