{"id":31902,"date":"2026-03-23T07:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=31902"},"modified":"2026-03-23T07:58:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:58:05","slug":"article70772254-ece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=31902","title":{"rendered":"Generic semaglutide widens access, but doctors warn of misuse and quality risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Indian pharmaceutical companies begin rolling out generic versions of semaglutide, a drug commonly prescribed for type 2 diabetes and obesity, patients are increasingly seeking it for weight loss rather than its intended medical use.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Hyderabad\/generic-semaglutide-widens-access-but-doctors-warn-of-misuse-and-quality-risks\/article70772254.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nwww.thehindu.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is shared for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not constitute medical, legal, or policy advice.<br \/>\nHealthcare decisions should always be made in consultation with qualified professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Indian pharmaceutical companies begin rolling out generic versions of semaglutide, a drug commonly prescribed for type 2 diabetes and obesity, patients are increasingly seeking it for weight loss rather than its intended medical use. Source: www.thehindu.com Medical Disclaimer: This content is shared for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute medical, legal, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1747],"tags":[11161,2257,16676,16258,2482,13212,2330,13873,22079],"class_list":["post-31902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-lifestyle","tag-access","tag-doctors","tag-generic","tag-misuse","tag-quality","tag-risks","tag-semaglutide","tag-warn","tag-widens"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31904,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31902\/revisions\/31904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}