Old-fashioned quack cures, patent medicines, and compounding pharmacies

Ozempic and Wegovy are no longer in shortage, FDA says | CNN

Blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are no longer in shortage, the US Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.

CNNDeidre McPhillips

¶GLP-1 drugs had been in shortage since 2022 due to increased demand, and a law allowed compounding pharmacies to step in to fill supply gaps during those years. Compounded drugs use the same active ingredients but are made by pharmacies or manufacturers other than the companies that make FDA-approved versions of the medicines. This enabled thousands, or even millions, of people to access costly GLP-1 medicines at a lower price point. ¶The end of the shortage would effectively bar the sale of compounded versions of the drugs, but the FDA said that they do not plan to take any action against compounding pharmacies for 60 to 90 days.

Powerful weight-gain-inducing drugs are aggressived peddled to poor and mentally ill consumers by the same industry, in order to artificially enhance demand for weight loss drugs sold for a price to middle class consumers.

The chemical-free solution that needs to be applied for obesity is threefold.

1. Healthful diet.
2. Regular exercise.
3. Accepting your body weight.

Healthful diet and regular exercise are, by definition, healthy living. Merely having a body weight within a range considered normal without proper diet and exercise is not healthy. Healthful diet and regular exercise are very necessary and essential for health even if your body weight is within range of normal. Don’t be afraid to weigh yourself or check your weight on the scale occasionally, but whatever weight your body naturally acquires as a result of a healthful nutritional diet and regular aerobic exercise, good sleep habits etc., is what needs to be considered normal.

Being overweight should be considered as a condition of having more energy to work out, have fun and work off.