‘Don’t Panic’: San Antonio Doctor on FDA Weight Loss Drug Deadline

‘Don’t Panic’: San Antonio doctor on FDA weight loss drug deadline

A San Antonio weight loss clinic owner is encouraging consumers of the GLP-1 drug semaglutide not to panic now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration deadline for compound pharmacies to stop making it is in place.That deadline kicked in on May 22, but the FDA gave the pharmacies enough time to prepare.“The pharmacies knew this was coming, so they have a lot of medication they still have. So I think they are just playing the long game, waitin…

End of Compounded Semaglutide; 464M Teens Will Have Obesity; GLP-1 Scripts Skyrocket

(MedPage Today) -- A federal deadline ending the sale of compounded semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) is now in effect after a similar one for tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) passed in March. (U.S. News & World Report) A patient-delivered lifestyle...