Officials confiscated more than 300 vials of counterfeit weight loss drugs. Counterfeit versions of Wegovy or Zepbound are different from compounded weight loss drugs. Novo Nordisk said it’s fighting counterfeit products and pursuing litigation against groups that sell counterfeit drugs. “You never know what they are mixing them with,” said Andrade, who spoke generally about the dangers of counterfeit drugs. The nature of the weight loss drugs — large amounts of people qualify for them and their high cost — make the problem even more challenging to control, said Mackay, who studies counterfeit drugs.

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