Revealed: The horror potential consequences of 'period delaying pills'

Jessie Blake was just 17 years old when she first searched up 'period delaying pills' online ahead of her long-awaited summer holiday.

What she didn't know, was that the cheap pills designed to relieve the inconvenience of a poorly timed period would ultimately have catastrophic consequences.

Just months later, the once healthy teenager had suffered up to 20 seizures, with some so severe that she even found herself in A&E resus.

Ms Blake, 18, from Corringham, Essex, initially took the pill, norethisterone, in August 2023 after hearing about it from friends and family.

Recounting how easily she was able to get her hands on the drug, she told MailOnline: ‘I went to the doctors because they are the people that you trust and the doctor recommended that I take the pills.