Ozempic and Blindness: What We Know About Weight Loss Side Effects

 https://www.newsweek.com/ozempic-blindness-weight-loss-side-effects-2029517

A 2023 study from JAMA found that drugs like Ozempic are associated with an increased risk of serious medical conditions, including stomach paralysis, pancreatitis, biliary disease and bowel obstruction.

Now, JAMA has released a new study that aims to ascertain: "What are some of the ophthalmic complications that have been observed in patients using the drug semaglutide or tirzepatide?" It found that of nine patients, seven had nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, one had papillitis and another had patient is described with paracentral acute middle maculopathy.