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I wonder how long till Ozempic or Mounjaro or some alternative is freely available for anyone to walk into a pharmacy and buy off the shelf.

2 years?

5 years?

10 years?

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You can buy it over the counter (OTC) in many countries right now, including Mexico.

How does this fit with the comments here and the general commentary all ove the internet that these drugs are simply not available?

Do you have anything to back your comment?

my guess is that the manufacturers of stuff OTC in mexico are not the same manufacturers that supply your local walgreens, and its only the product manufactured by Nova directly that is in short supply

The sketchier Mexican pharmacies (the kind that sell anything to tourists) get around any inconvenient supply issues by selling counterfeits.

https://www.uclahealth.org/news/release/counterfeit-pills-so...

The price is my concern. It’s like $1,000/m here last I checked

Many places are selling it for $200/month without insurance.

Where at? My wife searched and the best we could find iirc was something like $200/m for non-Ozempic. Are you saying Ozempic was selling for $200/m without insurance?

(not that it matters, but our insurance wouldn't cover it)

It’s not name brand, but it’s the same compound.

My understanding is these GLP-1 are rather simple.

>> You can buy it

Presumably you mean some sort of copy or clone because Ozempic or Mounjaro are not available over the counter in many countries.

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