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Looking for weight loss support & spotting false advertising
Bariatric Surgery & Weight Loss | Last Active: Sep 19 3:50pm | Replies (13)Comment receiving replies
I’am asking about the patch that reduces weight as advertised under Mayo Clinic advertisement and CVS .
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@cricket1591sjg, Mayo Clinic is not advertising a weight loss patch in collaboration with CVS. Mayo Clinic does not endorse any commercial products or companies and never has. What you are seeing is a fake ad.
Please report this false use of the Mayo Clinic name to Business Relations at businessrelations@mayo.edu
Thank you for helping to protect yourself and others from these scams.
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As @colleenyoung mentioned earlier, Mayo does not endorse products. Companies or scammers use the Mayo name to promote products that are not endorsed by Mayo.
I did find a mention of Mayo and CVS patches on Facebook; in my opinion, the CVS Online store mentioned is not an official CVS website.
FDA recently posted an alert about the concern about false advertising and unapproved GLP-1 drugs.
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-alerts-and-statements/fdas-concerns-unapproved-glp-1-drugs-used-weight-loss
Also, Cleveland Clinic recently posted about GLP-1 patches: "Do GLP-1 Patches Actually Work?"
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-is-a-glp-1-patch
Hope that clears up any confusion about false advertising and the patch.