More than 40 percent of the online pharmacies that claim to sell weight loss drugs such as Ozempic are illegal operations, with some defrauding customers by failing to deliver the promised products, according to a peer-reviewed study.
The study, published in the JAMA Network Open on Aug. 2, investigated the risk of buying semaglutide medications online. Semaglutide is the active ingredient in drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic.
During their analysis, researchers identified 317 online pharmacies through search engine monitoring. More than 42 percent (134 websites) were deemed to be illegal operations.
Two of the websites analyzed had received warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for “unlawful sale of unapproved and misbranded semaglutide.”
The researchers bought semaglutide products from six vendors that were classified as “not recommended” or “rogue” by authorities.
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42 Percent of Online Pharmacies Selling Weight Loss Drugs Operate Illegally: Study
- by: Naveen Athrappully
- 2024-08-05
- Source:
The Epoch Times
- 08/05/2024
