A Pictorial Guide to Counterfeit GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Weight Loss Medications

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by Rich Weil M.Ed., CDE
Transformation Weight Control
www.transformationweightcontrol.com

The shortage of, excessive prices, lack of insurance coverage, strong demand, and desperate consumers, has created the opportunity for a very lucrative international criminal enterprise for counterfeit weight loss medications. Zepbound and Mounjaro (tirzepatide – Lilly), Wegovy and Ozempic (semaglutide – Novo Nordisk), and Vicotza and Saxenda (liragulutide – Novo Nordisk) are all vulnerable. Not only that, but counterfeit non-sterile needles and delivery system pens are fabricated too.

Take A Pictorial Tour Of What We’re Up Against

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/world/europe/counterfeit-ozempic-austria-europe.html

THERE ARE MORE THAN SEVERAL NOW!


                       https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/well/ozempic-fake-counterfeit-drugs.html?smid=em-share

https://lilly.gcs-web.com/node/50471

https://www.reuters.com/legal/eli-lilly-sues-over-us-sales-bogus-mounjaro-weight-loss-2023-09-19/

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/lilly-finds-bacteria-other-impurities-mounjaro-zepbound-knockoffs-2024-03-07/

https://www.healio.com/news/endocrinology/20231228/fda-warns-adults-with-diabetes-about-counterfeit-semaglutide-products

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/novo-nordisk-hopes-launch-experimental-121430744.html?guccounter=1

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/compounded-semaglutide-poses-serious-us-health-issue-novo-nordisk-ceo-says-2024-03-08/

https://www.healio.com/news/endocrinology/20240311/greater-access-to-obesity-drugs-puts-spotlight-on-safety?utm_source=selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/substandard-and-falsified/correction-n2_2024_ozempic_en.pdf?sfvrsn=17d87e2d_12

A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A CRIMINAL WEBSITE –>
I investigated the following product and website. Here’s what I found. First the images and then my comments. 

EVERY ACTIVE LINK IN RED ON THIS PAGE POINTS BACK TO THEIR SALES WEBSITE! THEY MAKE IT SEEM SO LEGITIMATE! SEE THE SALES WEBISTE BELOW THIS IMAGE

SALES WEBSITE THAT EVERY RED LINK IN THEIR CONTENT POINTS TO THIS PAGE. 

 

 

  1. This website does not appear on the legitimate ABC news website. They made it look like it’s on ABC, but it’s on this website: https://hayeswheel.com/a/s/IQ/product016/index?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=120212226942530398&utm_content=120212226942500398&utm_term=120212226942550398&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMAABHd4GCFX3MIPKoF9PI636bxjfc6jvGV7kv5BDNavFmGe4dTf-osmrsFQstg_aem_dDOFCz2yninr9dVSa3c5YA&mibextid=WC7FNe
  2. I searched every medical database, Google Scholar, and Google, and came up with nothing related to this product.
  3. There’s no such thing as a GLP-1 Metabolic Boost Drop.
  4. This product is not on the FDA-approved list of weight loss medications.
  5. They claim there are clinical trials of their product. I searched clinicaltrials.gov where every medical trial in the United States is listed. Nothing with this product exists.
  6. I called the phone number listed on the site several times. Every time a recording says the call cannot go through.
  7. Every active hyperlink on the pages in red points to their sales website.
  8. The Certificate of Registration is a fairy tale.
  9. The FDA registration number, when I searched for it, did not exist. 
  10. You do not need a prescription and you do not have to consult with a physician.
  11. I tracked down the doctor they quoted. I emailed him to point me to articles, scientific papers, and studies about this product because I could not find any. He has not returned my email. 

There are many problems with counterfeit medications.

  1. It is illegal.
  2. They frequently sell insulin, not the authentic product.
  3. Excess insulin can cause severe hypoglycemia to the point of coma and even death.
  4. They use sugar-alcohol and other compounds that can make people sick.
  5. They do not use FDA-approved ingredients.
  6. They sell non-sterile needles, sometimes insulin syringes without a pen.
  7. It is making people sick.
  8. People have been so sick they are hospitalized.
  9. People have died.
  10. They are frequently sold inexpensively, often without even seeing a doctor, not even on tele-health.
  11. You can acquire them without a prescription.

THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DISREPUTABLE SOURCES OF COUNTERFEIT WEIGHT LOSS MEDICATIONS. YOU MUST BE VERY CAREFUL. AND IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR SUSPICIONS, YOU SHOULD CHECK WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN.

THIS SITE LISTS LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF NOT RECOMMENDED SITES.

YOU CAN CHECK IF A COMPOUNDING PHARMACY IS ACCREDITED HERE:

AND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COMPOUNDING PHARMACIES HERE:
https://www.pharmacist.com/Practice/Patient-Care-Services/Compounding/Compounding-FAQs

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