#ozempic shortage

[love-and-ejoy]

**Friends taking Ozempic please read!!**

I’ve had several people at my pharmacy be caught unaware, so I figured I might spread the word. US-based pharmacies are having a huge shortage+backorder of Ozempic. (I’m not sure how it is in other countries, sorry! Also for reference, I’ve seen people in pharmacy in almost every region mention the Ozempic shortage, from California to Texas to New York. I am from New York.) We’ve been telling customers that truthfully, we aren’t sure how long the wait will be and that whenever our supplier receives more, they will send it out to us.

We’ve gotten word from our supplier (McKesson, which supplies to Rite Aid and, I think, Target) just today that Ozempic 0.25mg will not be received til at best late September, and all other dosage forms again at best late October. If you are taking this medication, we recommend you to immediately ask your doctor for a script for an alternative to Ozempic before you run out, especially in case we need to order whatever replacement your doctor prescribes. 

Stay safe everyone!

(For reference I am a pharmacy technician, not a pharmacist. I only post to try and help others, but for accurate information, please contact your pharmacy!)

#pharmacy #pharmacy technician #pharmacy tech #retail pharmacy #diabetes #type 2 diabetes #ozempic #ozempic shortage #walgreens #cvs #rite aid #walmart #target

[rosalind-took-kylos-hand]

My ozempic is FINALLY back in stock!

#type II diabetes #ozempic #ozempic struggles #it's been three weeks i'm going to have to step my dosage back up dammit #ozempic shortage #if you're going to write a fatphobic reply to this fuck off now instead

[time-does-not-exist-for-photons]

Can you all please stop using ozempic to lose weight I don't think these kind of blood sugar levels are sustainable for me in the long run

#diabetes #ozempic #or more like LACK OF IT #I haven't been able to get any for a month because no pharmacy has it in the entire country #It's 297 converted to mg/dL for the peeps used to those units #I'm just going to enjoy my organ damage until the shortages end I guess?

[jvzebel-x]

🦋

#got an ad that started w 'the ozempic shortage is over!' &damn near threw my phone through my bedroom window. #much like the constant fucking dieting ads i get im pretty sure i get them bc i regularly look up weight gaining foods&meals #that are specifically put together w the potential for refeeding in mind bc theyre put together by ed pros. #i didnt get these ads before i started looking up ed meals&advice. #the fact that i keep getting targeted ads for weight loss while i actively look at eating disorder recovery info #makes me want to beat ppls heads in w a baseball bat. #fuck your evil fucking algorithm.

[lullabiestoparalyze]

medical rant about med shortages/backorders

man, fuck diabetes meds being approved for weight loss. i haven't had my trulicity (that i actually NEED so my nerves don't get fucked up any more than they already are) for a month. A MONTH. and all the other injections that could also work are ALSO ON BACKORDER.

fatphobia and vanity are killing diabetics. fuck everything.

#diabetes #t2 diabetic #trulicity #mounjaro #ozempic #i just need a fucking med that doesn't make me bleed! #medicine shortage #chronic illness #disability

[radioconstructed]

⌖ LADIES! New BACK ALLEY BOTTOM SURGERY just DROPPED!

#⌖ online #// AL NO the diabetics are already struggling to get ozempic! there's already a shortage! have some MORALS #cw: body horror #not safe for worque

[bpdnchill]

It's been 3 weeks since my diabetic medication was stopped and I am now fully back to restricting and obsessing over my weight.

Thanks NHS, I was losing weight safely and healthily until you decided to fuck me.

#tw ed diet #tw ed #ozempic #nhs #diabetes #fuck capitalism #mental health #medication shortage

[neontaxidermy]

holy shit an ozempic ad with a JINGLE?

#STOP getting people on ozempic there is a SHORTAGE!!

[amaditalks]

Every year all of the big diet companies have to come up with some brand new labeling for their plans in order to encourage people to get on the January weight loss train.

This year, Weight Watchers is going further than they’ve ever gone before, by announcing that they have created a new system to give their members access to prescriptions for drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro.

Let me remind you that these drugs only work while you’re taking them. As soon as you stop, all of your appetite comes back. Your desire to eat returns, and because it has been artificially suppressed it may feel much stronger and less controllable than it was before you took the drugs. Many people who come off these drugs, usually because of cost (because insurers are balking at coverage for weight loss) or shortages (because so many people are taking them for weight loss, which is leaving the diabetics who need them up shit creek) or side effects report that the first weeks are really difficult, mentally painful and often binging occurs.

Additionally, all of these drugs carry a real risk of creating a terribly painful and potentially deadly condition called Gastroparesis, in which your gastrointestinal system just stops functioning, you cannot digest and process food at all.

You do not need to lose weight to be healthy. You do not need to lose weight to be beautiful or attractive, to have success, or love. You do not need to lose weight in order to pursue fitness. If you have particular health needs or goals that can only be achieved by changing the way you eat, (e.g. lowering cholesterol or blood glucose or addressing gastro issues) that does not mean that you need a weight loss diet plan, just one designed toward your needs.

But more than anything, you do not ever need to put another penny into the coffers of the multibillion dollar weight loss industry, which, if it actually had a way to take a fat person and make them thin permanently (something that cannot even be achieved by surgeries that drastically rearrange digestive systems) would be a multi quadrillion dollar industry instead. 

#cw: weight loss #cw: weight loss drugs #weight watchers #ozempic #mounjaro #diabetes drugs for fat people #new year new you old bullshit #health at every size #fatphobia

[saddwannabesmallgirl]

I hate skinny influences buying ozempic as if there isn’t a literal shortage for people who need it. Go do coke and starve like the real models

[angelnumber27]

I’m sorry but I don’t like the fact that there is a shortage of diabetes medications because of people trying to lose weight. Ozempic is for diabetics. Let them have their fucking medicine.

#sorry #this is just how I feel

[ohello0]

If I have to hear the name ozempic one more fucking time…..

I have a friend who’s diabetic and she told me that her doctor keeps trying to get her to go on ozempic…but her a1c levels are fine. My friend said she’d rather just get straight insulin shots if it’s that bad but her doc said she didn’t need it…

Then the mf started yapping about bmi and it clicked. My friends levels are fine. Her diabetes is under control. Her doctor just thinks she’s too fat so wants to put her on a medication to help lose weight even though it has atrocious gastrointestinal side effects

Diabetics that genuinely do need ozempic can’t fucking get it bc there’s a national shortage due to random mfs that were already 110 soaking wet with rain boots on snatching up the supply. Fatphobia in medicine isn’t just dangerous it kills, either through encouraging and allowing harmful behavior or neglecting the vulnerable.

#most body positive medical professional #fatphobia is so fucking dangerous #that heifer would rather someone shit their brains out or be unable to eat if it means they lose some weight #worst part?? #apparently the doc is just as fat as my friend??? just a lil shorter #pot calling the kettle black #I pray she heals #fatphobia #ozempic #insulin should be free by the way

[newsfromstolenland]

Isn’t there an insulin shortage? Was it only in America? I am worried about people with diabetes.

there's a shortage in the states that is exacerbating the already high prices:

there was also this, a tiktok weight loss trend leading to a global shortage of medication for type 2 diabetes (it isn't insulin though):

but I can't find anything about an insulin shortage in canada. if anyone can find any information on that, feel free to add it!

#mine #asks #anonymous #insulin #medication #diabetes #medicine #diet culture #weight loss culture #diet culture tw #weight loss tw

[acuar-io]

It’s actually crazy that there’s a shortage on ozempic bc ppl wanna get skinny quick

#fae.txt #what about the people that depend on that medication? like? it’s so sad and I don’t blame ppl who take ozempic for weight loss I blame #the culture that made ppl obsessed w losing weight and staying skinny #tw weight #tw body image

[sirfrogsworth]

So the Ozempic shortage finally hit my pharmacy.

The 1mg dose was no longer therapeutic for me. My appetite was starting to return and my weight loss slowed considerably. So my doctor bumped me up to 2mg.

There are no 2mg doses available and probably won't be for a while. Estimates say this shortage could last until next March.

So I thought maybe I should use this opportunity to switch to Mounjaro. It's the latest technology and targets an extra hormone and studies show it offers more weight loss.

The downside is I have to start over with Mounjaro on the lowest dose. Which I was worried about. But I took it Tuesday and I am already feeling a reduced appetite greater than with Ozempic.

[naomiknight-17]

Ozempic is no longer being distributed in Canada due to the shortage. I had my last shot last week, and it's worn off

I had a yogurt and granola for breakfast, which would have been plenty enough while on Ozempic but without it I am fucking starving

I start a low dose of Rybelsus tomorrow, since it's the closest substitute I could get ahold of. I really hope I don't gain weight back or have any new shitty side effects... I've been trying so hard to take good care of myself T__T

#ozempic #medical stuff #rybelsus #mod post