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Why Is There So Much Off-Brand Oral Ozempic for Sale Online?
Since they debuted, injectable GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have been in high demand. In addition to treating diabetes…
A Popular Decongestant Doesn’t Work. The FDA Is Finally Doing Something About It
In a long-sought move, the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday formally began the process of abandoning…
JD Vance’s Senate Office Fires Key Adviser Who Posted About Drug Use on Reddit
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance’s office has fired key financial policy adviser Aaron Kofsky. A recent WIRED…
The Maker of Ozempic Is Trying to Block Compounded Versions of Its Blockbuster Drug
Drugmaker Novo Nordisk is taking action to curb the massively popular compounded semaglutide industry, which provides copies of…
After Shark Tank, Mark Cuban Just Wants to Break Shit—Especially the Prescription Drug Industry
What do you mean by that? Because your insurance company, whoever it may be, uses a PBM, a…
The Uncertain Path Forward for Psychedelic Medicine
But psychedelic compounds are tricky to test in this way because their psychedelic effects are so recognizable to…
How Do You Get Drugs to the Brain? Maybe Try a Parasite
In a new study, a global team of researchers hijacked the system Toxoplasma uses to secrete proteins into…
The FDA Just Rejected a Bid for MDMA’s Approval to Treat PTSD
The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a first-of-its-kind proposal to use the psychedelic drug MDMA, also…
Light-activated drugs could keep sleep-deprived military pilots alert
Military pilots must stay alert while controlling fighter aircraft, such as this F-15E Strike Eagle U.S. Air Force…
The Case for MDMA’s Approval Is Riddled With Problems
The results sounds promising, but Michael Ostacher, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University who’s not…