New Hampshire patients scramble to find weight loss drugs amid national shortage
PATIENTS HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE CAN'T ACCESS THEM. OUR KATHERINE UNDERWOOD HAS THE STORY. FOR RENE PIERCE, IT WAS TRAUMA AS A CHILD THAT CAUSED HER TO FIND COMFORT IN FOOD. IT WASN'T UNTIL THE 50-YEAR-OLD MOTHER OF TWO REACHED 260 POUNDS THAT SHE DECIDED TO TRY ONE OF THE NEW WEIGHT LOSS MEDICATIONS THAT EVERYONE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT. SHE SUFFERED SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS FROM WEGOVY - WHICH HAS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT CALLED SEMAGLUTIDE. SO HER DOCTOR PRESCRIBED ZEPBOUND, WHICH HAS A DIFFERENT ACTIVE INGREDIENT CALLED TERZEPITIDE. BOTH ARE CALLED...