New research released on Wednesday suggests that Ozempic and similar medications may have unexpected side effects.
The researchers decided to do a deep dive into their existing data.
Semaglutide and similar drugs have proven to bemuch more effectiveat helping people lose weight than diet and exercise alone.
A container of Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic.Image: George Frey (Shutterstock)
The patients were tracked for about three years.
During that time, 46 NAION cases were diagnosed among the matched groups of patients.
But those prescribed semaglutide were significantly more likely to be diagnosed with NAION, the researchers found.
And there are other caveats to the findings.
As this was an observational study, future study is required to assess causality, they wrote.
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