When are the compounded weight loss drugs going away?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As long as people buy them they will never go away. They are cheap and easy to get and they work. Why would they go away?

they can only be legally sold when there’s a shortage. The manufacturers are working hard to get the FDA to remove them from the shortage list. When that happens it will be illegal to sell the compound .

This is correct based on my research. However, I suspect compounders will add vitamins (b12, etc) and try to get around it. I’m sure there will be litigation but it will take years. Then there’s always the possibility of ordering the drug(s) from China or Brazil where (I read) the patent for ozempic/wegovy (semaglutide) is set to expire. The bottom line is I think there are too many people on compounded versions that they won’t be able to successfully enforce shutting it down.

Do people here feel comfortable ordering compounds from China and Brazil?

Hell no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it would be very politically unpopular and impossible yo enforce, and they know it.

Lol. No.

Banning the compounding of semaglutide will be very easy to enforce; pharmacies are not going to want to lose their license and neither Novo Nordisk nor the state boards of pharmacy will play around when it comes to this. Big Pharma has vast amounts of power.

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Anonymous wrote:As long as people buy them they will never go away. They are cheap and easy to get and they work. Why would they go away?

Because of patent law?

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Anonymous wrote:As long as people buy them they will never go away. They are cheap and easy to get and they work. Why would they go away?

they can only be legally sold when there’s a shortage. The manufacturers are working hard to get the FDA to remove them from the shortage list. When that happens it will be illegal to sell the compound .

This is correct based on my research. However, I suspect compounders will add vitamins (b12, etc) and try to get around it. I’m sure there will be litigation but it will take years. Then there’s always the possibility of ordering the drug(s) from China or Brazil where (I read) the patent for ozempic/wegovy (semaglutide) is set to expire. The bottom line is I think there are too many people on compounded versions that they won’t be able to successfully enforce shutting it down.

Do people here feel comfortable ordering compounds from China and Brazil?

Hell no.

I am taking compounded semaglutide and it's going well, but no, I would not buy compounded meds from another country. If I have to, i will fly to Europe and buy the name brand meds and fly back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As long as people buy them they will never go away. They are cheap and easy to get and they work. Why would they go away?

they can only be legally sold when there’s a shortage. The manufacturers are working hard to get the FDA to remove them from the shortage list. When that happens it will be illegal to sell the compound .

This is correct based on my research. However, I suspect compounders will add vitamins (b12, etc) and try to get around it. I’m sure there will be litigation but it will take years. Then there’s always the possibility of ordering the drug(s) from China or Brazil where (I read) the patent for ozempic/wegovy (semaglutide) is set to expire. The bottom line is I think there are too many people on compounded versions that they won’t be able to successfully enforce shutting it down.

Do people here feel comfortable ordering compounds from China and Brazil?

Hell no.

I am taking compounded semaglutide and it's going well, but no, I would not buy compounded meds from another country. If I have to, i will fly to Europe and buy the name brand meds and fly back.

Don't let customs catch ya. Importing drugs from another country for personal use is generally illegal, even if you have a prescription from a foreign doctor.

[Anonymous]

I don't think this is true if they are for personal use. For resale, sure, but for personal use, nbd.

Any lawyers want to chime in?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As long as people buy them they will never go away. They are cheap and easy to get and they work. Why would they go away?

they can only be legally sold when there’s a shortage. The manufacturers are working hard to get the FDA to remove them from the shortage list. When that happens it will be illegal to sell the compound .

This is correct based on my research. However, I suspect compounders will add vitamins (b12, etc) and try to get around it. I’m sure there will be litigation but it will take years. Then there’s always the possibility of ordering the drug(s) from China or Brazil where (I read) the patent for ozempic/wegovy (semaglutide) is set to expire. The bottom line is I think there are too many people on compounded versions that they won’t be able to successfully enforce shutting it down.

Do people here feel comfortable ordering compounds from China and Brazil?

Hell no.

I am taking compounded semaglutide and it's going well, but no, I would not buy compounded meds from another country. If I have to, i will fly to Europe and buy the name brand meds and fly back.

I’m the OP of the china and Brazil thread. I wouldn’t order compounded from there but I would order the name brand or generic equivalent. Honestly, it would be cheaper to go oversees to purchase and bring back. If I had to do that, I absolutely would.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our compounder adds Vit K so it’s not considered the same drug, so not affected by it.

so wrong

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When the generics become available. Then you will get generic instead of compounded.

so wrong

[Anonymous]

Why would they go away? What's the point? If they work and are effective - they have a place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our compounder adds Vit K so it’s not considered the same drug, so not affected by it.

Right. Several companies do this. My insurance covers mine but I hope compounded stays available and accessible. This is a life changing drug for those who need it.

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Anonymous wrote:As long as people buy them they will never go away. They are cheap and easy to get and they work. Why would they go away?

they can only be legally sold when there’s a shortage. The manufacturers are working hard to get the FDA to remove them from the shortage list. When that happens it will be illegal to sell the compound .

This is correct based on my research. However, I suspect compounders will add vitamins (b12, etc) and try to get around it. I’m sure there will be litigation but it will take years. Then there’s always the possibility of ordering the drug(s) from China or Brazil where (I read) the patent for ozempic/wegovy (semaglutide) is set to expire. The bottom line is I think there are too many people on compounded versions that they won’t be able to successfully enforce shutting it down.

Do people here feel comfortable ordering compounds from China and Brazil?

Hell no.

I am taking compounded semaglutide and it's going well, but no, I would not buy compounded meds from another country. If I have to, i will fly to Europe and buy the name brand meds and fly back.

Don't let customs catch ya. Importing drugs from another country for personal use is generally illegal, even if you have a prescription from a foreign doctor.

I just learned this when I asked my husband to bring back Retin A from his home country. It's $1 for six tubes of it. I had no idea it was illegal to do this for personal use. I will say he has brought back his own prescriptions for more than 30 years now and customs has never inquired or stopped him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our compounder adds Vit K so it’s not considered the same drug, so not affected by it.

I wonder where your pharmacist is getting this disinformation.

[Anonymous]

I hope they go away when Trump takes over and RFK bans all the processed crap foods and drinks.

[Anonymous]

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/19/fda-eli-lilly-weight-loss-drug-zepbound-no-longer-in-shortage.html

Tirzepatide (Zepbound/mounjaro) officially no longer in shortage. Compounding pharmacies have 60-90 days to stop selling it.