Ophthalmologists at Harvard Medical School and Mass Eye and Ear, a teaching hospital in Boston, found evidence that the active ingredient in weight loss miracle drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, semaglutide, could, in rare cases, cause blindness.
Now, two different teams of researchers from the University of Southern Denmark released studies backing up the findings of Harvard Medical School’s ophthalmologists.
All three studies showed a link between GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and a rare eye disorder called non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION, for short. It causes sudden and permanent vision loss. NAION is caused by a reduction in blood flow to the optic nerve.
All three studies showed a link between GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and a rare eye disorder called non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION, for short. It causes sudden and permanent vision loss. NAION is caused by a reduction in blood flow to the optic nerve.
All three studies showed a link between GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and a rare eye disorder called non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION, for short. It causes sudden and permanent vision loss. NAION is caused by a reduction in blood flow to the optic nerve.
