"In the era of shortages, Ozempic copycats have become a billion-dollar cottage industry. Some are illegal fakes purchased from shady online sites, but not all..."
"The FDA doesn't verify whether they're effective or safe, so people 'have to beware,' Robin Feldman, a professor at UC Law San Francisco, told me."
"Compounded drugs are not as tightly regulated as brand-name ones... Compounded and fake drugs alike can come with unknown substances, impurities, and unclear instructions that can lead to overdoses."
"The FDA recently warned that Americans have gotten very sick from overdosing on compounded semaglutide, noting that in some cases, people have inadvertently taken 20 times the required dose."
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