• The short answer is “yes,” but there are many variables and most of them make it a “NO, not legally.” We will not speak to any particular service, but will share what we have learned over several years of providing these medications to our patients as well as the recent changes with the FDA.
  
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• COMPOUNDED: Many people are getting their medications from online that are NOT created in a 503A or 503B pharmacy, but instead from research facilities that label the vials “not for human consumption.” This should frighten you! We have heard that some of these are even in forgein countries. This is not recommended AT ALL. There are several reasons why Infu-Zen Spa only gets medications from 503A or 503B pharmacies, but the primary reason is YOUR SAFETY! We do not source any medication for our patients if the pharmacy/company cannot legally do business in the State of South Carolina.
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• COMPOUNDED: Based on the FDA regulations, if medications are being compounded after the dates laid out (March 19-May 22, 2025, based on the type of pharmacy and the medication) they are being made illegally. While you may be able to obtain the medications temporarily, it is our understanding from legal that the FDA has ramped-up regulatory compliance and the manufacturers are actively suing those producing the product. We have also been notified that they are suing individual med-spas. NO short-cut is worth putting our patients or our business in a situation!
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• COMPOUNDED: “But my friend told me this company is legit because they mix it with something else....” Unfortunately, this solution is only temporary and again the FDA and manufacturers are coming down heavy on those trying to skirt around legalities. The existing law prohibits compounders from making "essentially" a copy of an existing commercially available drug. Here is a great article about recent lawsuits. One of these well-known companies has been said to have changed their medications 5 times in 8 months to avoid legal reprecussions. This is more than avoiding lawsuits; this is altering medications you put into your body.
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• NAME BRAND: Infu-Zen Spa has reasearched all of the main suppliers of the brand name medications. All include a consult/ prescription fee PLUS the cost of medication, although it is not always very evident until you get into the process. Our fee for the consult/prescription is the same, or in most cases, less than the others. More importantly --- YOU GET ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT WITH INFU-ZEN SPA.

Splitting doses became popular a couple years ago when there were shortages of certain doses. For instance, if your dose was 1 mg and the pharmacy only had 2 mg pens available, patients would break open the DosePen and divide the liquid inside. This is extremely dangerous because of the risk of contamination during that process. You are also at risk of spilling and wasting your medication.

With the compounded medications, splitting doses was possible because the compounding pharmacies presented the GLP1s in multi-dose vials which included a preservative to maintain its effectiveness over time. Wegovy and Zepbound do not add this preservative.

Also, all medications are dosed by their half-life. The half-life of the medication - or the time it takes for 50% of the drug to be removed from your body - is seven days. Taking a GLP1 every seven days will ensure adequate drug levels are maintained to control cravings and food noise, so it’s important not to inject them more than once a week.

The FDA, Novo Nordisk, and Eli Lilly do not recommend splitting medications as they are designed for once-weekly use and splitting could affect its effectiveness. Splitting the dose may lead to uneven dosing and increase the risk of contamination, which could weaken the drug's effect or lead to side effects.