While federal compounding regulations permit the use of bulk drug substances under strict quality and sourcing standards, they do not allow substitution with a different chemical form
WeightCare provides compounded semaglutide, which is not FDA-approved as a finished product
The FDA has issued warnings for semaglutide, that some compounded semaglutide may contain salt forms of semaglutide, like semaglutide sodium or semaglutide acetate, instead of the base form found in FDA-approved drugs like Ozempic
Semaglutide GLP-1 works by mimicking the natural GLP-1 hormone in your body, signaling your brain to reduce hunger and slow down the emptying of your stomach
A study assessing the acute effect of liraglutide in vagotomized subjects did implicate the vagus nerve in mediating the appetite effect (188), but the sample size in the study was small and subjects had a very low appetite at baseline, making it difficult to draw conclusions