States cracking down on compounding pharmacies selling knockoff weight-loss drugs

Compounding pharmacies are offering knock off versions of the weight-loss medications Wegovy and Ozempic at a fraction of the cost. Now, a growing number of states are clamping down and threatening legal action. NBC News’ Erin McLaughlin has more details.
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[@robvelazquez8105]

FDA does not approve the compound version because ozempic and wegovy have to make money first before releasing the ingredients to the market. And the news supports this kind of action with this type of report.

[@sassylrhg]

American GREED...pure & simple.

[@madmmx18976]

From what I read, semaglutide and Trizepatide are allowed to be compounded when the commercial brands are on the FDA shortage list… as long as they are using pure FDA approved semaglutide and Trizepatide

[@Dhryaidjj]

Yup, how dare you spend less then $1400!!! In Utah the compound version has helped many people!!!

[@757Princess]

This!! How can we be expected to take a drug without knowing the ingredients

[@SLAYINGVR]

ozempic should drop the price

[@fgrau7376]

Why????

[@SLAYINGVR]

@@fgrau7376 it was found it costs the compamy less then 5 dollars a needle to produce thats why

[@botchjones1130]

Make the ones who want it get off our planet faster

[@jameswheeler-69]

@@fgrau7376 DUH!!!

[@lugia8888]

@@fgrau7376 too expensive

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

Well, this is a good thing. Wouldn’t it be nice, if they would help diabetics get help? But, no. The FDA is garbage…staffed, almost entirely by employees of the pharmaceutical industry. From the top down, the FDA has been extremely corrupted. I learned that in a pharmacy class, at the University of Houston.

[@smeenrou7740]

lol she took it for ten months and nothing happens at all 🤦‍♀️ why did she continue after 3 months of nothing

[@shawnl3151]

Now she should try ozempic and see if same results

[@joshuasickbert3682]

prob paid by some company to say that lol cuz ya that’s def not true prob

[@amymay6591]

I have been taking it for TWO MONTHS now and ZERO LOST but all of the side effects :/

[@mmsanrio]

@@amymay6591 any promising results yet?

[@bhampatty1]

I thought all compounding pharmacies were subject to FDA oversight.

[@colormemoney]

They are. This is such a racket.

[@botchjones1130]

Injecting something with no gloves is crazy

[@WillInWestPalm]

If you're injecting into yourself, it's actually pretty standard practice.

[@BunnyTree]

Some patients have Cushing’s or other adrenal problems. Some have a tumor near pituitary gland. Many reasons one can have weight issues.

[@sassylrhg]

There'a shortage because so many MDs are ordering these meds for women to lose 30 lbs baby weight or to fit into a wedding dress. These same MDs are also ordering ALL dose pens in one month on the same patients so they might find any dose if the one they are on is back ordered.

[@biggface7]

Why do we have a police force that focuses on parking tickets and J walkers but not a police force that patrols and prevent all the pharmacies on/off the internet sites that sell/make compound or fake medications?

[@sassylrhg]

So exactly what is a 503B compounding pharmacy designation that these pharmacies are touting?

[@amymay6591]

I have been on semaglutide knock off ozempic for 2 months now. I have lost NOTHING and owe over 2,000 so far. Looks like i will be done with this...ot wont take 10 months

[@JaxCardShop]

I’m using the knock off and LOVE IT

[@missgar2013]

Right and the compounding pharmacy mix it with b12 and other ingredients!

[@patriot-wf1er]

I lost 20lbs on 2 months I feel good

[@GingerAnn-n9y]

All she got was flabby legs and diarrhea but she was able to eat the food she liked and not exercise

[@RobertHall-ef8yf]

You hear that? It's your insurance companies fault for not paying $700 for a drug you almost certainly don't need. How evil of them.

[@garykubodera9528]

There is only a couple ways to loose weight, eating less and tracking your calories as you eat and becoming more active to burn more calories than your taking in on an active basis. Even getting lap band or shrinking down the size of the stomach via surgery limits the amount of calories you can take in-unfortunately as in my mother's case, she did not follow through with the healthy eating part and it caused her more serious problems. Short of that, a serious disease like cancer or some other medical condition will effect weight loss as well. Most people refuse to realize a great deal of the problem is due to WHAT AND HOW MUCH THEY EAT! But everyone is waiting for that magic drug to fix the problem. Heaven forbid they actually address the real issue that is causing the problem...🤔

[@calvinspencer4215]

This drug works by making you less hungry, to make all that easier. That being said, its sad that fat rich people are making the drug inacessable to everyone.

[@lenc3970]

Must be nice to not have insulin resistance. Must be nice to have a perfect life Gary.

[@carmenolivera3844]

Carnivore diet is much cheaper.

[@ald8427]

There is no quick fix. Eat right exercise right.

[@silvertonman77]

That’s profound…why didn’t WE think of that?

[@JaxCardShop]

Actually the compounded tirzepetide worked amazing for me. (50 lbs lost in 4 months)NBC was pushed by Ozempic pharm for this piece