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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hm, I don't think anyone is sneering about people losing feet, where did that come from? In my neck of the woods there are no shortages to these drugs. If there are in some places, those will likely get resolved. [/quote]

I was the one "sneering" about losing feet I guess. Not the kindest way to phrase it but I am absolutely tired of type 2 diabetes patients acting as though those of us with obesity but not technically diabetic on paper because our metabolic disease hasn't yet progressed to the level theirs has are stealing their drugs or whatever. We're on the same spectrum of disease and have equal right to treat it. There are many A1C lowering drugs available when Ozempic is temporarily unable to be filled, several of them in the exact same class of medication that Ozempic is in. No diabetics need have uncontrolled blood sugar just because there is a shortage of semaglutide, and if they or their doctor are letting that happen then it's on them. [/quote]

This isn't exactly true. Medications are approved for marketing for certain indications. Semaglutide under the brand name Ozempic is not approved for use in weight loss. Wegovy is approved for use for weight loss only in those who meet certain BMI thresholds. Ozempic therefore is technically/legally not approved for use in the case you are making. Off-label use of prescription medications is legal, but not necessarily considered ethical when a drug shortage impacts on-label use.

Additionally, you are countering your own argument. If there are other A1C lowering drugs in the same class of medications as Ozempic available, then you should also pursue those to meet your needs. More specifically, you should be pursuing those drugs where treatment of clinical obesity is an on-label indication. [/quote]

Of course I would if I needed to, but it's not been delayed more than a week or so so I haven't had to. And no, I should not and will not pursue other drugs when Ozempic treats my chronic health issue very well off label. [/quote]

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