FDA, doctors warn about compounded Ozempic

The people are taking to lose weight quickly, but the FDA is warning compounded versions of ozempic can have serious consequences. Ashley Lincoln, with our sister station WSB in Atlanta, asked doctors why knowing the difference is so important. I am on the semi gluten. The Olympic Ivana Parra says it’s a risk she’s willing to take to get to her goal weight. It’s been good. I’ve been able to lose 15 lbs. Para is like countless others who’ve tried dieting and exercising, she says. Her next best option was to come to a weight loss clinic like this. To get a compounded form of ozempic, I wanted to lose weight. Is it ozempic though? Ours is the semi glue tide. OK, so it’s not, but it’s the it’s the same thing. We sent to Channel 2 Action News producer to four different metro Atlanta weight loss clinics and we do the injections here. An employee at this Douglasville clinic says they use a compounded version of Ozempic. We just put four of these in a zip lock baggie, write the lot number on it, your name and. OK Oh, wow. OK, so like, it doesn’t even say like. OZEMPIC and at two other metro Atlanta clinics, is that what you have the compound of Ozempic OK and then is that FDA approved and everything OK? It is. We contacted all four clinics but only first doctors weight loss responded saying every. Source for our medication is fully licensed by the State of Georgia and complies with the state pharmacy laws and further first doctors weight loss goes beyond our requirements by having an outside independent lab certified the purity of everyone of our medications before any are dispensed. While it can be done safely, it is not the recommended route. Pharmacies make compounded Ozempic by combining 2 or more drugs. The FDA allows this because Ozempic is in short supply. But does not approve the compounded version. The problem of buying someone’s randomly compounded ozempic is that you don’t know the sanitary conditions and you’re injecting that in your body. Shabbir Saftar with the nonprofit Partnership for Safe Medicines says there also could be issues with the ingredients. The compounding pharmacy shoes The FDA has warned a number of compounding pharmacies are actually doing compounding with starting ingredients that are not approved. The FDA says they received reports that some compounders are using salt forms of the drug, which are different from the FDA approved drug. We’re actually seeing Americans going into hypoglycemic shock, in some cases going into comas. And that was Ashley Lincoln reporting.