Earlier this year, Ozempic was in high demand by those looking to lose weight. While it works for weight loss, it’s also a type 2 diabetes medication. A lot of people regularly use it, and shortages would put those people at risk
British Columbia is introducing a new regulation to stop online and mail-order sales of diabetes drug Ozempic to people who do not live in Canada or who are not in B.C. to make the purchase in person.
The changes come after it was discovered a doctor in Texas with a Nova Scotia medical licence wrote 17,000 Ozempic prescriptions in three months to mostly American patients. The majority of those prescriptions were filled at two B.C. online pharmacies where the drug costs much less.
Ozempic is an injectable medication for Type-2 diabetes that has become wildly popular through advertising and social media influencers as an off-label weight loss drug. On TikTok, #Ozempic has reached over 850 million views.
Yep, and it’s something that we already do
Earlier this year, Ozempic was in high demand by those looking to lose weight. While it works for weight loss, it’s also a type 2 diabetes medication. A lot of people regularly use it, and shortages would put those people at risk
So we rightfully blocked exports
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-ozempic-restriction-1.6815456