Ozempic's Popularity Leads to Shortages for People with Type 2 Diabetes
July 10, 2024 | NPR News

Due to the popularity of Ozempic, there is a shortage affecting people with Type 2 diabetes. Telehealth company Ro has created a free online tool to help patients report these shortages. By mid-June, within the first two weeks of its launch, their tracker received 35,000 reports of shortages. AACE President Elect, Scott D. Isaacs, MD, FACP, FACE, explains in an NPR News article the significant overlap between patients with Type 2 diabetes and those needing GLP-1s for weight loss, and how both groups of patients require their medications.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/07/10/nx-s1-5006103/ozempic-wegovy-semaglutide-shortage-type-2-diabetes-obesity