Digital pharmacy to offer weight-loss drug cheaper than Ozempic and Wegovy

HOMES, GATHER IN SWARMS, THE AG DEPARTMENT SAYS REPORT THE SIGHTINGS TO CONTROL THE SPREAD. >>> TODAY, DIGITAL PHARMACY STARTED HIMS AND HERS WILL OFFER DRUGS, KEYWORDS BEING KIND OF LIKE. THE DRUGS ARE COMPOUNDED MEANING THE COMPANY IS MAKING ITS OWN VERSION, NOT THE BRAND NAME VERSIONS. HIMS AND HERS SAYS THE DRUG WILL BE CHEAPER STARTING AT $199 A MONTH INSTEAD OF $1,000 PLUS FOR THE BRAND NAMES AND THAT NEWS, WOW, SENT THE COMPANY'S STOCK SORING. LOOK AT THAT. UP 27% JUST TODAY. BACK IN JANUARY, HOWEVER, THE FDA WARNED PEOPLE NOT TO USE COMPOUNDED VERSIONS OF THESE DRUGS. I WANT TO BRING IN A DOCTOR AS WITH ALL THINGS WITH A PRICE TAG THAT SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE THERE MAY BE A CATCH.

THE CATCH BEING, THE FDA WARNING ABOUT COMPOUNDED DRUGS. IF YOU TAKE IT, IS IT SAFE? >> COMBOUNDED DRUGS CAN OFFER MORE AFFORDABLE ACCESSIBLE OPTION FOR THE DRUGS BUT THE FDA ESPECIALLY WITH THE GENERIC VERSION THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OF THIS COMPOUNDED DRUG, THAT SPECIFICALLY IS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE SAID THAT THERE ARE BAD ACTORS OUT THERE CREATING COMPOUNDS THAT MIGHT HAVE SALT AND THINGS THAT ARE NOT PART OF KIND OF WHAT THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURE INTENDED. SOMETHING THE FDA CRACKED DOWN ON. BUT IT IS NOT ILLEGAL T. SAY CONSUMER BE AWARE >> WHY NOT? RIGHT? >> YES. WHY NOT IF IT IS NOT A GOOD TING FOR YOU TO TAKE. THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE. PROVISION IN THE FOOD AND DRUG THAT ALLOWS DRUGS, THERE IS ONE OF THEM. THERE ARE A LOT OF DRUGS ON THE SHORTAGES LIST, FDA UPDATES EVERY DAY.

HUNDREDS OF DRUGS WITH SHORTAGES, IN THOSE CASES YOU CAN HAVE A COMPOUNDED VERSION TO FILL IN THE SHORTAGES, WE ARE JUST SEEING IT PLAY OUT IN THIS DRAMATIC WAY WHERE YOU ARE SEEING DRUGS LIKE THIS ONE WITH WEIGHT LOSS WHERE EVERYBODY WANTS IT, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS THAT WANT IT. >> SO MUCH ATTENTION AND DESIRE TO GET AN AFFORDABLE WAITS TO GET THIS.

THEIR EMPLOYERS ARE GOING BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF HOW MANY MILLIONS OF THIS DRUG IS COSTING THEM. HIMS AND HERS OFFERING IT AT $200 A MONTH SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA. ONCE THE SUPPLY IS SHORED UP WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS COMPOUNDED DRUG? IS IT SAFE? WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO NEED TO ACCESS IT. $200 IS NOT CHEAP. A LOT OF QUESTIONS BUT A LOT OF NEWS ITED. >> YES. DO YOU STILL NEED A PRESCRIPTION? >> YES.

YOU DO, YOU DO. THEY ARE WORKING WITH A FACILITY THAT HAS GUIDANCE. YOU CAN NOT JUST POP UP AND MAKE THE DRUGS ANY WHERE. THE FDA HAS A FRAMEWORK FOR THAT. BUT THE REST OF IT, IT IS, AGAIN, JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. >> AND IT IS NOT UNUSUAL TO HAVE COMPOUNDED DRUGS >> IT IS NOT. NOT AT ALL. IT COULD BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE THEM WITH PEOPLE OF ALLERGIES AND OTHER MEDICATIONS. IN THIS CASE, AGAIN, JUST MAKING SURE THE FDA PUT OUT A GUIDANCE AND NEED TO MAKE .

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