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Any further, solely diabetic sufferers will have the ability to buy the drug within the nation.
A legislation was handed in Norway’s Storting final week that’s anticipated to assist regulate the provision of the drug, which is in such quick provide.
The brand new association implies that sufferers with diabetes won’t be able to get a prescription for Ozempic if they aren’t taking different medicines, reminiscent of insulin, on the similar time.
The demand for Ozempic has elevated dramatically lately. Though the drug is meant for folks with sort 2 diabetes, it has turn into common as a weight reduction software as a result of the drug suppresses urge for food.
As a consequence of overconsumption, Norway ran out of the drug and the nation was compelled to import it from overseas.
At the moment, about 60,000 folks use Ozempic in Norway. Folks with sort 2 diabetes.
In Lithuania, docs can’t legally prescribe a prescription drug to a affected person if he doesn’t have diabetes.
Lrytas.lt beforehand wrote concerning the complaints of Lithuanians affected by diabetes concerning the lack of “Ozempic” and their suspicions that the drugs isn’t bought by sufferers, however by emaciated compatriots.
“How a lot of it is a actual truth, and the way a lot of it’s city legend (trendy legend – writer’s word) is troublesome to measure. Nevertheless, it’s being talked about, – to the information portal lrytas.lt final yr, the president of the Lithuanian Society of Endocrinologists, Prof. Dr. Jonas Ceponis. – I can solely speculate on this concern, and I do not need to try this. However there isn’t a smoke with out fireplace. There are most likely folks in search of that drugs.”
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