• Vision loss from OZEMPIC & WEGOVY, with Joseph Rizzo, M.D.

  • Jul 6 2024
  • Length: 40 mins
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Vision loss from OZEMPIC & WEGOVY, with Joseph Rizzo, M.D.

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  • DoctorPodcasts EPISODE #59: #OZEMPIC #WEGOVY #semaglutides are associated with severe, acute, irreversible vision loss from optic nerve damage in 7/3/24 article http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/article-abstract/2820255. Watch this video interview of article author, Harvard neuro-ophthalmologist Joseph Rizzo, MD, http://eye.hms.harvard.edu/josephrizzo explain the study findings. Dr. Rizzo found that diabetics who were using Ozempic or Wegovy had 4 times the risk of vision loss as compared to diabetics who were not using these drugs. Obese people who were using Ozempic or Wegovy had a 7 times the risk of vision loss than obese people who weren't using these drugs. The vision loss was from a condition known as "Non-arteritic ischemic anterior optic neuropathy" which is damage to the optic nerve that connects the eye and brain.

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