SEMAGLUTIDE·CALIFORNIA·VERIFIED MAY 13, 2026

Is Semaglutide legal in California?

CAVEATS APPLY

FDA-approved GLP-1 receptor agonist (Ozempic/Wegovy/Rybelsus); shortage resolved Feb 2025; compounded copies broadly restricted; FDA Warning Letters target salt-form variants and counterfeit sema. California Board of Pharmacy 'essentially a copy' rules + AB 1990 documentation overlays restrict compounded semaglutide. Medi-Cal Rx ended GLP-1 weight-loss coverage effective 2026.

CATEGORY · FDA APPROVED

Full status breakdown

FEDERAL · STATE · SPORT-BODY

Federal status

FDA approval

approved as drug · brand: Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus · NDA 209637 (Ozempic); NDA 213051 (Rybelsus); NDA 215256 (Wegovy) · approved Dec 5, 2017

Indications: T2DM; chronic weight management; CV risk reduction; MASH

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DEA scheduling

not scheduled

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503A compounding

Bulks list: not on list

Do-not-compound list: not on list

Approved drug; post-shortage compounding of essentially-copies restricted under §503A. 503A enforcement discretion ended Apr 22, 2025; 503B May 22, 2025. FDA proposed April 2026 exclusion from 503B bulks list.

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FDA Warning Letters

Feb 7, 2024 — US Chem Labs (cited: semaglutide) · LETTER ↗
Sep 9, 2025 — SemaBio (cited: semaglutide) · LETTER ↗
Sep 9, 2025 — Hims & Hers (Hers) (cited: semaglutide) · LETTER ↗
Feb 20, 2026 — Better Health Labs dba Measured (cited: semaglutide) · LETTER ↗

Shortage status

not currently on shortage list

Historical shortage window: Jan 1, 2022 → Feb 21, 2025

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Sale framing

Research-use-only posture: RUO does not protect sellers when site evidence shows human-use intent. FDA has flagged salt-form variants of compounded semaglutide as distinct from the approved drug.

Personal possession: Not federally controlled; personal possession is not a federal crime. Approved sema is Rx-only and dispensing without prescription violates federal and state pharmacy law.

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California — state-specific

compounding restriction · California

California Board of Pharmacy 'essentially a copy' rules + AB 1990 documentation overlays restrict compounded semaglutide. Medi-Cal Rx ended GLP-1 weight-loss coverage effective 2026.

Frier Levitt — CA BOP essentially-a-copy ↗ · verified May 13, 2026

Sport-body status

WADA 2026

on prohibited list · class S2 · both

S2 (Peptide hormones); GLP-1 receptor agonist captured by class language.

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USADA

banned

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NCAA

banned

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What we couldn’t verify

Also known as

9 ALIASES

Semaglutide is also marketed or referenced under the following names (vendor pseudonyms, brand names, chemical identifiers):

Ozempic
Wegovy
Rybelsus
Sema
Sema-1
GLP-1 receptor agonist
NDA 209637
NDA 213051
NDA 215256

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Semaglutide legality in other US states

State-by-state legal status for the same compound. Federal classification holds, state law varies.

Is Semaglutide legal in California?

Full status breakdown

Federal status

California — state-specific

Sport-body status

What we couldn’t verify

Also known as

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