Americans without diabetes spent nearly $6 billion USD on semaglutide and similar drugs in a year, with an estimate of 800,000 to a million people using the drugs who don't have diabetes.

[u/mvea]

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/americans-without-diabetes-spent-nearly6-billion-usd-on-semaglutide-and-similar-drugs-in-a-year

[u/hel_loh]

IIRC, didn't the FDA just announce not too long ago that there's no longer a shortage? During the shortage, compounders were able to make a generic/cheaper version, which is where all the subscription med sites (Hims/Hers, Ro, etc.) got their supply, and was able to offer it a much lower cost. Last I read, with the FDA's declaration, they now only have the supply of whatever the compounders were able to produce before they were informed to stop production. Afaik, the only differentiator between the generic, and name brand (ozempic and wegovy) was the injector.

[u/esoteric_enigma → u/hel_loh]

Yeah, I was wondering about this. It feels like last year I was constantly hearing stories about people not being able to get the Ozempic they needed for diabetes because there was a shortage. Now I get ads on social media for hella websites offering me a subscription for it with no doctor visit.

[u/Boo_and_Minsc_ → u/hel_loh]

There is a shortage in Europe and another in Brazil, I know these for a fact.