Since 2022, four GLP-1 drugs, including those indicated for weight loss, have been on FDA’s drug shortage list due to extraordinarily high patient demand. The shortage has, in turn, resulted in ...
Still life of Ozempic and Wegovy. Both are injectable prescription weight loss medicines. (Photo by: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) As demand surges for semaglutide ...
Demand for popular weight loss drugs such as semaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Zepbound) has long outpaced supply, forcing many patients with obesity to visit compounding pharmacies to get ...
If you’ve received medication through popular telemedicine companies like Hims & Hers Health, you’re probably familiar with drug compounding. That’s the process of creating customized medicine for a ...
The Food and Drug Administration said in a court filing late Friday that it would allow pharmacists to continue making compounded versions of tirzepatide — the active ingredient in Eli Lilly’s ...
Jennie Smith, a seamstress at a ballet school in Kent, Ohio, had been trying to lose weight and keep it off for years. After losing 60 pounds through dieting only to gain 30 of it back, she wanted to ...