He bought a fitness supplement online to bulk up, but ended up losing his mind
The owners of Paradigm Peptides have been sentenced to prison for selling unapproved, mislabeled fitness supplements that contained undeclared testosterone. The case highlights the dangers of the unregulated online supplement market, which led to severe mental health issues for some consumers.
Why it matters
This case serves as a warning about the risks of purchasing health supplements online and the lack of oversight in the global peptide and steroid market.
Image source, Daniel Murphy Image caption, Daniel Murphy went from being a loving husband to a man who believed his family wanted to kill him
Daniel Murphy thought he was taking a safe and tested dietary supplement that would help him put on muscle in the gym.
But over the following two years, his mental health spiralled to such a degree he ended up in a state of psychosis in which he believed his wife was trying to steal his business and his mother-in-law was going to kill him.
Unknown to Daniel, the daily pills he had been taking had been mixed with testosterone.
The 32-year-old is one of 54,000 consumers listed in a case against a multimillion-pound peptide company based in the US, which sold its products around the world.
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