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New Yorkers are brazenly reselling prescription diabetes and weight loss drugs online through Facebook Marketplace – despite risking up to 15 years in prison for doing so.
Using a basic one-word search for drug names, the newspaper obtained several recent local Facebook listings for the GLP-1 semaglutide Ozempic, as well as its twin tirzapatides Maunjaro and Zepbound.
“Munjaro wanted 4 = $.” Posted by 1 in Lower Manhattan. Another user in the area is pushing four 5-milligram Mounjaro pens for $700 (recently reduced from $750) with a photo of the box. on social media sites.
Across the Hudson River in Union County, there is a “month’s supply” of 2 milligrams of Ozempic. Reportedly available for $450.
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“We have strict policies prohibiting the advertising and unauthorized sale of prescription drugs on Facebook,” Meta spokesperson Ryan Daniels told the Post. “If we become aware of violating content, we will remove it. This is a challenge that spans platforms, industries, and communities, and we are working with law enforcement, regulators, and private industry to combat this issue. We continue to invest resources to further improve our enforcement of this type of content.”
Diversion or illegal resale of prescription drugs in New York state can result in up to 15 years in prison and high fines.
Buyers risk not only misdemeanor charges, but also jail time and fines.
Part of the incentives for black market customers involve lowering the list price of drugs, despite obvious health risks and legal ramifications, experts told the Post.
Dr. Gregory Dodell of Central Park Endocrinology explained, “The cost of a month’s supply of Munjaro can range from $1,000 to $1,200.”
Dodell cited past plans for hairdressers to sell drug samples out the back door.
Feelings of hopelessness are also an important factor.
Thanks to the side effect of rapid weight loss, demand for this drug will skyrocket in 2024, leading to well-documented shortages.
“When medicines are in short supply, desperate patients are more likely to look for them online,” says the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. Warning in May Both social media and online pharmacy.
“Additionally, injectable weight loss drugs are often not covered by insurance, and some patients are more likely to pay out of pocket. They may not fully understand the risks of taking illegally sold drugs. Often there isn’t.”
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Besides more overt listings, there are more destructive advertising methods, the Pharmaceutical Commission warned, adding that “bad actors” are cornering a greedy market.
“While social platforms regularly remove illegal content, sellers use many tactics, including misspellings and nicknames, to avoid detection by the platforms’ automated compliance tools.”
Don’t be fooled by associations with known sites like Facebook Marketplace, warns Dr. Dodell.
“It’s basically the same as shopping on the street.”
This isn’t the first time Facebook has had ugly ties to drug trafficking.
Earlier this year, the federal government began investigating parent company Meta over the potential sale of various pharmaceutical products by users on both Facebook and Instagram.
Prosecutors said at the time that the summons was issued regarding “violent drug content on the Meta platform and/or illegal sale of drugs through the Meta platform.”
But when it comes to desperate illegal means of obtaining drugs, the rewards may not outweigh the risks.
The point is off.
Never mind that it’s against the law. According to Dr. Dodell, there is a major medical flaw in purchasing through shady resale without knowing what you are actually getting.
“It’s not about losing weight over a few weeks and then quitting, for a variety of reasons,” he says.
“Once people come off the drug, they tend to regain two-thirds or more of their weight,” he noted.
Dordel cautioned that patients still need to be monitored while taking the drug.
Endocrinologists say online buyers are missing out on important monitoring by doctors who can spot some of the negative side effects associated with these drugs, including osteoporosis, gallstones and loss of muscle mass.
In the short term, you may also experience problems such as nausea and potentially life-threatening dehydration.
Another big concern is that you lose control over what you actually put into your body. Even if it is the actual drug, the dose may be too high.
“God knows how much they actually sell. And who knows? You’re just taking it.”
