Anti-Aging Northwest to Transition from Semaglutide to Liraglutide

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Dr. Philip Faler: Good morning, everyone, and happy Friday. I’m Dr. Philip Faler with Anti-Aging Northwest. It’s been a little bit of a crazy week and a half or so with things happening in the world of pharmacy.

Regulatory Changes for Tirzepatide

As many of you may have heard, maybe didn’t hear, semaglutide and tirzepatide have been going through some changes in the ability to be compounded at a compounding pharmacy, which is how most people have been using it. Tirzepatide, they ruled that the shortage of tirzepatide is over, and therefore, the patent takes effect, which means compounding pharmacies can no longer produce it. So the only thing available is the commercial brand name, which is going to be a lot more expensive.

Alternative Option: Liraglutide

Semaglutide may follow suit about mid-April, also has a patent. There is another drug in the same class, a GLP-1, another drug called liraglutide. Same mechanism of action. Should be same outcomes. The biggest difference, the only difference, it’s got a shorter half-life. So rather than once-weekly injections, we’ll be doing daily injections, which, a little bit more of a burden, but for the outcomes that we’re getting, it’s well worth it. So we’ll be putting together some programs for that. We’ll get you a nice, smooth transition and keep you on your path to health and weight loss.

Contact us

If anybody has questions, you can always, of course, jump on a call with Dr. Beck or myself. Just reach out to Melanie. She’s always happy to schedule a free 10-minute consult. We’ll get all your questions answered. Thank you so much. Hope you’re having a wonderful Friday, and off to a great weekend. Take care.