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by QuantumGood 691 days ago
Could you share how you get semaglutide in a monthly vial for $250/month (off insurance?
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As others replied, compounding pharmacies. I'm using orderlymeds, but there's a number of different ones. There's no "generic" version of Wegovy, but compounding pharmacies can read the ingredients and make it themselves, at least while the FDA lists it as being in short supply.

You do need to research though (dropping two articles below). Orderly uses Hallandale pharmacy out of Florida., in fact a lot of the online clinics do. As an example, several clinics (such as Henry Meds) was selling "sodium semaglutide" (aka salt semaglutide) ordered through Hallandale that didn't really work for lots of people and there's lots of mix reviews based around that - not everyone was aware of what version they were getting. Also - not everyone is going to properly measure their dosage, which is why the pre-filled injectors the Novo brand provides is important.

FDA Article: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/postmarket-drug-safety-information... NPR Article: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/06/07/g-...

You can't order from the pharmacy directly, you need to go through a clinic to get a prescription and have it ordered, but this is the price the clinics pay, before they add their services on top of it.

https://partner.hallandalerx.com/pricing/2024-glp-1-pricing-...

Compounding pharmacy like Hims.com sells it for $200/mo if you pay a year upfront. Else it's $400 month to month.

They ship you some vials and a syringe. The name brand Ozempic just comes in autoinjector form like an epipen.

because he's getting it from a compounding pharmacy who are buying the molecule from a random chinese peptide factory