He bought a fitness supplement online to bulk up, but ended up losing his mind
Summary
Daniel Murphy bought a dietary supplement online to build muscle but unknowingly took pills mixed with testosterone. This caused his mental health to decline into psychosis. The supplement company owner and his sister were jailed for illegally selling unapproved medicines and lying about their products.Key Facts
- Daniel Murphy took muscle-building supplements that secretly contained testosterone.
- Testosterone is a hormone that can have serious side effects if taken without medical supervision.
- Murphy’s mental health worsened over two years, leading to psychosis with delusions about his family.
- The company, Paradigm Peptides, sold unapproved and untested supplements worldwide.
- Owner Matthew Kawa was sentenced to nearly six years in prison; his sister got over a year.
- They lied about product sources, purity, testing, and faked safety certificates.
- The supplements were imported from multiple countries despite claims of being made in the US.
- The case highlights risks in the growing, unregulated peptide and supplement market popular online.
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