The diet culture-driven frenzy around Ozempic basically poured gasoline on the dumpster fire of predatory industries profiting off of weight stigma and bias, said S. Bryn Austin.
Those high prices are driving some patients to cheaper compounding pharmacies, which create similar drugs using different formulas that are not FDA approved, leading to uncertainty.
Using laxatives for weight loss is dangerous, and it can be deadly, Austin stated, emphasizing the severe risks associated with untested weight loss methods.
A blizzard of unsubstantiated, social media-driven claims about supplements and compounds to achieve weight loss at a fraction of prescribed costs fills the market.
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