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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Katlyn Smith | Daily Herald

With weight-loss prescriptions causing shortage of diabetes drug Ozempic, diabetics struggle to find drug they depend on

Rhonda Fleming of Elk Grove Village relies on the drug Ozempic for her Type 2 diabetes. There has been a shortage of Ozempic, and Fleming went almost three weeks without it. Recently, her insurance company sent her a three-month supply. (Jeff Knox / Daily Herald)

Rhonda Fleming endured nearly three weeks without her diabetes medication.

Fleming, 54, of Elk Grove Village, had been trying to track down Ozempic since late December. 

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