Overview

• Pharmacies in La Plata have been dispensing Ozempic without the required medical prescription, despite its prescription-only status.
• The Colegio de Farmacéuticos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires and ANMAT affirm that semaglutide treatments must be prescribed and monitored by healthcare professionals.
• Nutritionists and physicians warn that unsupervised off-label weight-loss use can lead to gastrointestinal side effects, drug interactions and rebound weight gain.
• In a 32-week clinical trial, weekly semaglutide injections produced an average 3.1-year reduction in biological age, accompanied by improvements in inflammation markers and organ function.
• Varun Dwaraka, the study’s lead investigator, cautioned that prescribing Ozempic for anti-aging is premature and that further research is required.