{"id":474049,"date":"2026-05-30T02:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/474049\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T02:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:29:18","slug":"hio-tells-doctors-to-switch-diabetes-patients-to-ozempic-as-stocks-run-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/474049\/","title":{"rendered":"HIO tells doctors to switch diabetes patients to Ozempic as stocks run out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Health Insurance Organisation (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.philenews.com\/tag\/hio\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HIO<\/a>) has announced that stocks of Victoza, a widely prescribed injectable diabetes medication, have run out, and is urgently calling on doctors to switch all affected patients to Ozempic ahead of a June 1 implementation date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a notice sent to general practitioners, endocrinologists, pathologists, geriatricians and private pharmacies, the HIO said patients currently on Victoza (liraglutide) must be transferred to treatment with Ozempic, which contains a different active substance, semaglutide. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doctors are asked to submit new pre-approval requests using a dedicated form accompanying the notice, with the switch to take effect from June 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HIO has created separate drug codes exclusively for patients already approved and receiving Victoza through GESY. The available options cover Ozempic in doses of 0.5mg and 1mg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HIO is asking doctors to submit the relevant applications promptly to avoid delays in the assessment and continuation of patients\u2019 treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) has announced that stocks of Victoza, a widely prescribed injectable diabetes medication, have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[103,61,60,371],"class_list":["post-474049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}