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Ozempic, Wegovy popularity leads to rise of fake weight loss drugs

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Counterfeit weight loss drugs hit the market after a surge in the popularity of Ozempic but these new drugs can be harmful to your health. Those drugs may look like or come packaged as the real deal, but they can be anything. They find things like insulin packaged in these pens which landed someone in the hospital.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ozempic-wegovy-popularity-leads-to-rise-of-fake-weight-loss-drugs/

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This claim is true, as the re-rise of Ozempic users and it's popularity brought up again can be sourced outside of your original source. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/well/ozempic-fake-counterfeit-drugs.html, this article was posted back in July, which means there is still a high circulation of fake weight loss drugs around the US and other countries, adding truth to your claim.
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