Are gray semaglutide pills a thing?

[eyfm!]

Title. I know Wegovy (Semaglutide) Pills just got approved, but I’ve never seen any source sell them. Is this a demand issue or is it fundamentally harder to produce for our Chinese friends?

 

[CandyCap]

My understanding is that the coating is difficult to replicate for the gray market. I am sure someone will pipe in with more information

 

[clevesand]

Pills were readily available a few years ago, back when we had a few suppliers with price lists three pages long. Consensus at the time was that they didn't work. However, the early clinical trials from big pharma at that same time also said they weren't as good as the injectables. Compounders were also making them, and there were Facebook ads. This led to Facebook groups of Karens upset that they got scammed because the pills never worked. I was surprised to hear that they got FDA approval. I personally wouldn't take gray pills.

 

[IshimaruKenta]

I thought SSA had some. No clue if they actually worked. I know some vendors have the pron pill, but even those are overfilled, so dosing would be really weird with them.