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Re:Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more by justinbaker84 on Friday May 19, 2023 @12:59PM (#36004203)
A lot of clinics are administering the generic form and it is still very expensive.
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Re:Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more by tsimionescu on Saturday May 20, 2023 @03:41AM (#36010113)
If a drug is under a patent, the generic form still pays royalties to the patent holder, so of course it's still expensive.
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Re:Ozempic drug supresses desire to smoke, drink and more by chriscappuccio on Saturday May 20, 2023 @11:06AM (#36012511)
not entirely true. semaglutide is a great example. the FDA allows compounding pharmacies to make semaglutide because wegovy/ozempic are sold out and therefore have limited availability. compounding pharmacies are allowed to sell their own royalty-free in this situation! wellsrx does just this (probably with chinese sourced semaglutide)
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