The FDA shared an alert about off-brand injectable semaglutide products.
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- The FDA said people may be overdosing on knock-off semaglutide weight-loss drugs.
- Consumers are self-administering incorrect doses.
- Reports found some people administered 5 to 20 times more semaglutide than intended.
The US Food and Drug Administration says some people have been hospitalized with symptoms that may be related to overdoses from injectable weight-loss drugs.