The World Health Organization has issued an alert about counterfeit Ozempic, noting that some of the phony batches might contain a totally different drug., the international organization warned that batches of the counterfeit drugs had infiltrated the regulated supply chain and were found in the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Northern Ireland between the months of October and December 2023.
Three batches are under scrutiny. One was "not recognized," WHO said, and the other two seem to either have falsified manufacturing records or to contain invalid contents.that insulin, the synthetic version of the hormone of the same name taken by some diabetics, was found in some of the contaminated drugs. Though both Ozempic and insulin are nominally diabetic medications, insulin can be dangerous when taken incorrectly or in the wrong dose.
The counterfeit Ozempic issue is separate from the risks associated with compounded semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo's flagship product and its weight loss sister drug, Wegovy.operate within a legal grey area While some of these imitation versions of the name-brand glucagon-like peptide-1 inhibitor drugs may well be safe to take, not all online pharmacies are created equal, and some unlucky folks havethat people who either want or need Ozempic should avoid "unfamiliar or unverified sources, such as those that may be found online.