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GLP-1 Drugs Like Wegovy, Ozempic Potentially Linked to Blinding Disease
- marvel_boy 2y agoThe condition, known as non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), causes sudden blindness due to a lack of blood flow to the optic nerve.
- whaleofatw2022 2y agoOh crap I had this expressed once when I was self medicating with DXM.
- glp1guide 2y agoI assume you mean experienced -- what did you do to recover? Sounds like it was temporary?
- pknomad 2y agoNon-causal link but 8x times the risk off of one study at MGH seems to be the eli5. I made my comment about dependency on these class of drugs a while ago on hacker news but I’d love to see a regimented system that helps patients eventually get off of these drugs or otherwise it seems like we’re trading one con for another (albeit much lesser).
- throwup238 2y agoWe can just cycle everyone on different appetite suppressors every few months so they don't grow dependent. Between all the different GLP1 agonists, cocaine, vapes/nicotine patches, Adderall/Vyvanse, and all the other fun pharmaceutical-grade amphetamines, we should have enough to keep everyone h̶o̶o̶k̶e̶d̶ nice and healthy without a horrific dependence on any one drug (Won't someone think of the poor pharmaceutical companies!)
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