{"id":21818,"date":"2023-12-25T01:54:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T07:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=21818"},"modified":"2023-12-25T01:54:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T07:54:54","slug":"fda-says-fake-ozempic-shots-are-being-sold-through-some-legitimate-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=21818","title":{"rendered":"FDA says fake Ozempic shots are being sold through some legitimate sources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has seized \u201cthousands of units\u201d of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/USFDA\/bulletins\/3813bc8\"><u>counterfeit Ozempic<\/u><\/a>, the diabetes drug widely used for weight loss, that had been distributed through legitimate drug supply sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The FDA and the drug\u2019s maker, Novo Nordisk, are testing the shots. They do not yet have information about the drugs\u2019 identity, quality or safety, according to a statement. Five illnesses have been linked to the fake shots, but none have been serious, the FDA said Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the fake 1 milligram semaglutide shots may still be for sale, FDA said. In addition to the drug itself, the needles, pen labels, carton and accompanying health care information are also counterfeit, the agency said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It said the counterfeits were labeled with the lot number NAR0074 and serial number 430834149057.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">FDA advised retail pharmacies to buy authentic Ozempic only through authorized distributors and for patients to get it only through state-licensed pharmacies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Consumers can report suspect Ozempic packages by calling 800-332-1088 or by contacting a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/safety\/report-problem-fda\/consumer-complaint-coordinators\"><u>state complaint coordinator<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ozempic-fake-counterfeit-semaglutide-86d152c78f180792e7764a435cb3334d\">Apnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has seized \u201cthousands of units\u201d of&nbsp;counterfeit Ozempic, the diabetes drug widely used for weight loss, that had been distributed through legitimate drug supply sources. The FDA and the drug\u2019s maker, Novo Nordisk, are testing the shots. They do not yet have information about the drugs\u2019 identity, quality [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5784],"tags":[7710,3043,25286,25287,1516,2494],"class_list":["post-21818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-counterfeit","tag-fda","tag-legal-channels","tag-ozemp","tag-sell","tag-vaccines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21820,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21818\/revisions\/21820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}