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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by elictronic on Monday January 12, 2026 @12:14PM (#46591359)
This is not exactly correct. The fda approved named items require a prescription. However from the shortage years ago compounding pharmacies were allowed to sell alternative versions. Basically they add a B vitamin to the normal drug and boom non prescription GLP1.

With this one simple trick Denmarks GDP goes down by multiple % points.

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by cthalupa on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @02:58AM (#46598360)
> non prescription GLP1.

Compounding a drug doesn't suddenly make it non-prescription. You still need one for them.

It just lets you buy stuff where the raw API is made in China by some random pharma lab instead of from Novo or Lilly.

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