Following a national shortage of the two medicines in America, online sites are promoting products that allow you to make your own weight loss injections. Some sites even publish instructional videos on how to do this. This internet trend of making weight loss medications yourself is life-threatening and is strongly discouraged!
Wegovy and Ozempic?
Ozempic, developed for people with type 2 diabetes, and Wegovy, intended for people who are overweight and obese, have dramatically increased in popularity. This is partly due to a number of the world's biggest celebrities who have admitted to using them for weight loss, such as Elon Musk and Kim Kardashian.
Making medicines yourself is life-threatening
Dr. Shauna Levy, Assistant Professor of Bariatric Surgery at Tulane University in New Orleans, said: "Making the medication at home is incredibly unsafe and puts people at risk. These are unsafe ingredients that can cause terrible side effects and the chance of an overdose is very high.”
10 websites have been found selling semaglutide in powder form. Even though these websites state that it should only be purchased for laboratory and research use, this advice is ignored and it is used to make injections for weight loss.
Saxenda is only available by prescription
The popularity of weight loss injections leads people to look for alternatives to obtain this medicine more cheaply and to make it themselves. Cheaper variants may contain incorrect substances, and making a medicine yourself is life-threatening. At The Body Clinic, the weight loss medicine Saxenda is only available by prescription for a good reason. Do not be swayed by internet trends, as this can have serious consequences for your health.
If you are interested in losing weight through injections, book a free consultation with our doctor.
