Eli Lilly Warns of Safety Risk From Compounded Zepbound Drugs Mixed With Vitamin B12

The drug manufacturer found ‘significant levels of impurity’ resulting from a chemical reaction between the two substances.
Eli Lilly Warns of Safety Risk From Compounded Zepbound Drugs Mixed With Vitamin B12
An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing plant at 50 ImClone Drive in Branchburg, NJ., in this file photo. Mike Segar/Reuters
Mary Prenon
Mary Prenon
Freelance Reporter
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Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is warning patients about the potential danger of taking compounded tirzepatide, marketed as Zebound and Mounjaro, mixed with vitamin B12.

After testing copycat drug products containing the tizepatide and B12 combination, the drug manufacturer found “significant levels of impurity” resulting from a chemical reaction between the two substances.

Mary Prenon
Mary Prenon
Freelance Reporter
Mary T. Prenon covers real estate and business. She has been a writer and reporter for over 25 years with various print and broadcast media in New York.