Patients in Austria and the UK were hospitalised after using counterfeit weight-loss pens, health authorities in both countries have said. Hypoglycemia and seizure were reported as serious side ...

Ozempic, a drug indicated for Type II diabetes, has become the latest weight-loss darling. Not since ivermectin has a drug gained so much interest from its off-label uses. Let’s take a deeper look at ...

Ozempic (semaglutide) and Wegovy (semaglutide) are brand-name injections. Ozempic is approved for type 2 diabetes, but doctors may sometimes prescribe it off-label for weight loss and management.

While 1 milligram and 2 mg doses of Ozempic are currently available, an Ozempic pen that delivers 0.25 mg and 0.5 mg doses is in short supply, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

Ozempic can cost more than $1,000 in the U.S. for a multi-dose pen that lasts a month. Drew said he had heard the drug could be bought for less in the Mexican border town of Nuevo Progreso.

Britain’s health agency is warning the public not to buy pre-filled pens claiming to contain the weight loss drugs Ozempic and Saxenda after a small number of people were hospitalized.

A total of 869 Ozempic counterfeit pens were seized in 2023. Counterfeit weight loss drugs have serious health risks, according to the pharmaceutical companies and federal officials. In some cases ...

Ozempic is sometimes also prescribed off-label for weight loss in adults with obesity who don’t have type 2 diabetes. ... Novo Nordisk, the maker of Ozempic, prices each pen at $997.58, ...

Ozempic comes as prefilled disposable injection pens. Your doctor will show you how to inject Ozempic under the skin of your abdomen, upper arm, or thigh. After this, you’ll give yourself doses ...

Patients in Austria and the UK were hospitalised after using counterfeit weight-loss pens, health authorities in both countries have said. Hypoglycemia and seizure were reported as serious side ...