Clinicians and patients should avoid using compounded GLP-1 products that are not FDA-approved, the American Diabetes Association wrote in a guidance statement published Dec. 2 in Diabetes Care. The ...

Compounded medications can offer a cheaper way to obtain scarce drugs. But the FDA has raised concerns about salt-compounded forms of semaglutide, which may not be safe or effective. Share on ...

Compounded semaglutide and Ozempic are different products. While both may be used in people with type 2 diabetes, Ozempic is approved by the FDA, but compounded semaglutide is not. Compounded drugs ...

The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Tuesday about compounded versions of the drug semaglutide, which is approved for treatment of diabetes and excess weight. Compounding “is the ...

The FDA’s ban on compounded diabetes and weight loss drugs took effect on May 22. Here’s what to know if you’d been taking one. The FDA has banned compounded versions of GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide ...

Following Hims & Hers’ Super Bowl ad for its weight loss product, a debate has emerged over the safety of compounded GLP-1s for patients. Compounded GLP-1s are custom-made by compounding pharmacies ...

Compounded versions of semaglutide, the active ingredient in approved diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, have been associated with at least 100 hospitalizations and 10 deaths, the chief ...

Note: Compounded drugs are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and may carry greater risks than FDA-approved treatments. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently ...

The surge in demand for GLP-1 medicines has led to a market made up of compounded versions sold online. While compounding pharmacies are essential for patients who can’t medically tolerate ...

The decision to prescribe a compounded or brand-name glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) medication for obesity treatment was never simple, but recent developments have complicated it further. In the ...

Hims & Hers’ Super Bowl ad plugs its compounded weight loss drugs as the “affordable” solution to a “sick system,” but many concerns about safety still swirl around these forms of the medications.

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 ...