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re: Semaglutide ban in Louisiana??
Posted on 4/21/23 at 6:58 pm to LSUFanHouston
Posted on 4/21/23 at 6:58 pm to LSUFanHouston
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When does the patent run out?
being it's pretty new, it's gonna be quite a while
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Posted on 4/21/23 at 7:38 pm to tigerfive
Yes, of course, ed has a simple solution just like losing weight. You wrote a mini essay of excuses. As far as peptide sites, wouldn’t touch that chinese crap.
Posted on 4/21/23 at 8:11 pm to bazeball
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They are also working on oral versions. This stuff is not going away
There is already an oral version of Semaglutide. It is called Rybelsius. I take a 7 mg tablet each day.
A 30 day dose with Blue Cross is 25 a month at Walmart. Street price without insurance is close to a grand for a 30 day supply.
Since starting the 7 mg dose, I am having weird dreams as was reported this week, but nothing crazy as what some people embellished.
The only issue I have at times is that, after I eat, I will sometimes get the urge to go to clear my bowels. Most of the time it is liquid.
This post was edited on 4/21/23 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 4/21/23 at 8:16 pm to lsu5803tiger
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Yes, of course, ed has a simple solution just like losing weight. You wrote a mini essay of excuses. As far as peptide sites, wouldn’t touch that chinese crap.
Every medicine you take pretty much comes from china, atleast the reagents
Posted on 4/21/23 at 9:35 pm to el Gaucho
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Yeah girl all the hotels closed for renovations that weekend smh
Bring some backwoods and a sleeping bag cause those racist not gonna stop our turn up periodt
Posted on 4/21/23 at 9:44 pm to TigerTatorTots
Since we’re bringing COVID treatments up… I wonder how many non-diabetic people who chose not to get vaccinated due to not knowing the long term side effects, jumped on this bandwagon and ignored that same logic.
Posted on 4/22/23 at 1:42 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
My pharmacy, CVS, just sent me a text this morning stating that my Ozempic prescription is being suspended and an alternative option is being sent to my pcp. Only in America.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 12:05 pm to Klingler7
I just got a call from the compounding pharmacy where my wife gets the medication saying the state board told them to immediately cease all shipments to Louisiana. She takes this for her diabetes and not for weight loss. So now we're trying to get with her doctor to possibly switch to the pill others have mentioned in this thread.
This is so fricking dumb. Of all the non-problems to solve. frick this state.
This is so fricking dumb. Of all the non-problems to solve. frick this state.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 12:13 pm to 9Fiddy
What pill?
I’m not fat but I do want a 6 pack
I’m not fat but I do want a 6 pack
Posted on 4/28/23 at 12:16 pm to el Gaucho
Rybelsus
Posted on 4/28/23 at 1:46 pm to Cosmo
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Lol they cant ban a legitimate diabetes drug that is being used with success
They can go after docs prescribing it to bougie white women trying to lose weight though
Low-cost weight loss drug banned in La.
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NEW ORLEANS — Patients in Louisiana can no longer get the less expensive version of a weight loss prescription.
It's used under medical supervision for those who have obesity or other weight-related chronic health issues.
Doctor's offices are getting hundreds of calls. We're also told some elected officials are concerned as well.
And keep in mind nearly 40% of people in Louisiana are considered obese. This is the third highest in the nation.
“I really believed when I found this, I said, ‘This is going to get rid of obesity, especially in Louisiana. We need that.’ I mean wouldn't my insurance rather me be thin and healthy than gain weight and have diabetes?” said Dawn Zachary.
She has struggled with her weight her entire life. And then she got on the prescription Wegovy, the injection proven to help you lose weight. The medication acts like the hormone in your brain that regulates appetite.
“Apparently they had a special deal that was $25 a month for the first six months. I lost 50 pounds. My diabetes went away. I was so healthy.”
The special deal ended. Insurance would not cover Wegovy, or Ozempic because her diabetes was gone. Her new cost was unaffordable, $1,300 a month. She gained the most of the weight back. Then she turned to the same drug semaglutide, but mixed at a compounding pharmacy, not the brand name. That cost only $200 a month. Her weight went right back down.
“Then I went in to go get it filled this week, and they said the Board of Pharmacy has made them stop providing it, and I had really believed that this is a solution for the rest of my life. And now I can't get it, and I'm devastated. I'm just devastated.
The Louisiana Board of Pharmacy told compounding pharmacies in Louisiana, they can no longer mix up semaglutide. They told out-of-state compounding pharmacies they can't ship it to anyone in Louisiana. The same just happened in Mississippi, North Carolina, and West Virginia. All four are high obesity states.
The FDA approved semaglutide drugs of Ozempic for diabetes, and Wegovy for weight loss, have a no-salt formula. The cheaper compounded one is a salt formula. So, the argument is that technically the compounded version is not approved.
Dawn wrote to the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy.
“I just said you know, that has been a life-changing situation, that gave me hope, that I could live the rest of my life at a healthy weight.”
We contacted the state Board of Pharmacy to ask why the shutdown, especially at a time when we have reported on the Ozempic and Wegovy shortages. They said they did not want to have a phone conversation but to send questions via E-mail. We did and have not yet heard back.
We also contacted the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, the makers of Ozempic and Wegovy to ask if the less expensive version was cutting in to their sales. We did not hear back from the communications department.
So, can you have this shipped to someone out-of-state then mailed to you? One doctor said it is not a scheduled drug, so possibly, but it has to stay refrigerated.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:54 pm to StormyMcMan
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So, can you have this shipped to someone out-of-state then mailed to you? One doctor said it is not a scheduled drug, so possibly, but it has to stay refrigerated.
Yep. When the compounding pharmacy called me today, this was one of the options they gave me.
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