SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV)– Today’s question takes america to the pharmacy.
Viewer April Ford wrote to the Your Stories Team astir having a hard clip uncovering a cause she needs to dainty diabetes.
“When volition the Ozempic shortage beryllium over?” Ford wrote.
Ford said she checked with respective pharmacies successful the country and can’t find the medicine. She said her friends who usage the medicine are having the aforesaid problem.
Ozempic is the marque sanction for Semaglutide. It’s prescribed to dainty benignant 2 diabetes.
It archetypal appeared connected the FDA’s Drug Shortage List backmost successful August. It lists constricted availability with proviso disruptions continuing done January.
“Demand summation for drug,” is the crushed fixed for the shortage.
What’s causing the shortage
Several articles have been written precocious astir a TikTok inclination causing Ozempic to beryllium successful abbreviated supply. Videos from stars and others bragging astir Ozempic helping them suffer value person gone viral.
Ozempic is produced by pharmaceutical institution Novo Nordisk Inc. The YS Team has been unsuccessful getting a effect from the institution connected the cause shortage and erstwhile it mightiness end.
If you are looking for a cause that is connected the shortage list, the FDA recommends checking aggregate pharmacies. It besides recommends asking a pharmacist oregon doc if there’s different medicine you tin take.