Wegovy is on patent, and so the compounded drugs have only been sold legally because of a shortage. And Wegovy is no longer listed by the FDA as "currently in shortage." It has been considered "available" for awhile, I think since October at least. So Novo Nordisk is lobbying to get it removed from the shortage list that allows compounded semaglutide. I'm thinking it will be pretty easy for them to do so given how most insurance plans have either dropped coverage for it, or drastically reduced coverage for it; this means that as of January, a lot of folks will be going off of it, which will make supplies of it even more available.

Compounding will be illegal within the next six months is my guess.

They are inventing new ones all the time. I think they are also super easy to make so you’ll always find someone who can do 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?

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

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

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

Our insurance covers the cost, and that isn't going away

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 .

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?

NP. Someone said on this forum that the cheap generics would go away because the name brands would go out of shortages once insurance coverage falls because fewer people would fill prescription for name brands once insured patients have to pay $1,000/month instead of $200.
I’m paraphrasing and I have the same question, although I have not yet obtained either brand nor generic. Brand is too expensive for me with a BMI of 29 or 30 and no pre-diabetes, and generics were scary because of risks from under-monitored compounding of injectables.

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?

Yeah they are

I wish they got cheaper.

They are not going away

I don’t want to start them if they are going away soon. I can afford $250 per month but not $1000. Thanks for any insight!