Adderall and Ozempic are in the spotlight amid widespread drug shortages in US
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Prescription medications such as Adderall and Ozempic are in short supply these days, due in part to increased demand — the "supply chain hasn't kept up," one pharmacist told Fox News.
"I've been a pharmacist for 40 years and I've never seen it this bad for this long," John Seymour, a longtime pharmacist based in Virginia, told Fox News. The FDA has yet to approve the diabetes drug for weight loss, but that hasn’t stopped physicians and patients from using it off-label. One patient with diabetes said she was put into a lottery at her pharmacy due to the limited supply of Ozempic. "I have written letters to the FDA and DEA really asking a lot of questions …"
"It's a combination of many of these things, of increased demand — and the supply chain just hasn't kept up with it," he said.