US: Nearly half of online pharmacies selling weight loss drugs are operating illegally, study finds

Buying the drugs online without a prescription exposes patients to unregulated, risky products, experts say.

Consumers who try to buy popular weight loss drugs online without a prescription risk being scammed or receiving unsafe products, a new study shows.

About 42% of online pharmacies that sell semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk’s anti-obesity drug Wegovy, are illegal, operating without a valid license and selling medications without prescriptions, according to a study published Friday in JAMA Network Open.

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