New rules may limit the supply of compounded GLP-1 weight loss drugs — less expensive copies of Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound — but not every product is being pulled off the shelves.

If you receive a vial with syringes, sublingual drops, nasal spray, or dissolvable tablets, there’s a good chance it’s compounded—and it’s important to ensure that you know how to use the ...

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are injectable medications—but a strange new market has emerged selling oral “compounded” versions online, despite a lack of evidence that they work.

They can also come in nonstandard doses or alternative dosage forms, such as sublingual (under the tongue) tablets or drops. Compounded GLP-1s may not match a branded option exactly.

The Brief. After May 22, compounding pharmacies can no longer make and sell semaglutide injections. They were initially allowed to because the FDA declared a shortage, but that period has ended.

Patients are being hospitalized with severe complications after accidentally overdosing on compounded semaglutide injections, the FDA has warned.. Reported adverse effects include gastrointestinal ...

Bayview, a compounding pharmacy, marketed five concentrations of compounded semaglutide product for sublingual application for blood-sugar control and weight loss on its website.

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 ...