There is no FDA-approved generic version of brand-name weight loss drugs since pharmaceutical companies still hold patents on ...

High demand for weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy has led to a shortage in manufacturing. In the ...

Model Lottie Moss is speaking out against the use of diabetes medication for weight loss after she allegedly overdosed on ...

Ozempic (semaglutide) is a once-weekly injectable medication that helps treat type 2 diabetes and reduces the risk of ...

(NEXSTAR) – A woman who used the semaglutide drugs Wegovy and Ozempic to lose weight and treat diabetes says the drugmaker didn’t adequately warn her, or other patients, of the serious side ...

The drugs come in a pre-measured dose in a single-use auto-injector pen, which is administered as a weekly ... Because Wegovy, Mounjaro and Ozempic pens all contain needles they are considered ...

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.

(Reuters) -In December, Drew, a 36-year-old man from San Antonio, Texas, drove more than 250 miles (400 km) to Mexico to buy cheap Ozempic to help him lose weight. Going home, he checked the pens.

“With the vials, the patient will need to draw up the medication with a separate syringe and inject with a needle ... consider paying full price for the pen injector forms of Zepbound.” ...

Update: Adds company statement about Ozempic availability in the U.S. Novo Nordisk (NVO) has said in a note published by the European Medicines Agency that the supply shortage of its diabetes drug ...

Late last year, Novo Nordisk responded to a growing shortage of popular Ozempic with a plan to cut down on production of its older diabetes med Victoza to make room for more Ozempic. Still ...