Category: Side Effect: Vision / Optical (blindness, macular edema, sudden vision loss)
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Wegovy and Ozempic Increase NAION Risk, an Eye Side Effect That Can Result in Blindness
Semaglutide is the Active Ingredient in These GLP-1 Drugs Used for Diabetes or Weight Loss (Posted by Tom Lamb at Drug Injury Watch) Over the past year, we have written several articles that reference medical reports concerning…
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More Evidence For Increased Risk of NAION With Ozempic or Mounjaro in Diabetes Patients
NAION is Likely Associated With Other Semaglutide or Tirzepatide GLP-1RA Drugs Used for Weight Loss (Posted by Tom Lamb at Drug Injury Watch) A new medical article published August 11, 2025, online by JAMA Network…
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Current FDA Safety Investigation: NAION With Mounjaro, Zepbound, and Other GLP-1 RAs
Evaluating Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Receptor Agonists for Possible Risk of NAION Side Effects (Posted by Tom Lamb at Drug Injury Watch) The FDA has been investigating "potential signals" of non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION)…
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March 2025 Medical Article About Blindness or Vision Loss Linked to Ozempic and Rybelsus Use by Diabetes Patients
Discusses Timing for Increased Risk of Semaglutide-related Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION) Side Effect (Posted by Tom Lamb at Drug Injury Watch) On March 27, 2025, the JAMA Ophthalmology medical journal published a report…
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Ozempic Vision Problems From Semaglutide Apply to Wegovy and Rybelsus, Also
NAION Eye Side Effect Risk Increased With Semaglutide Drugs – Two Recent Medical Studies (Posted by Tom Lamb at Drug Injury Watch) UPDATE: The [European Medicines Agency (EMA)] Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) reviewed all available…
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Syfovre Injections Side Effects Legal Compensation Cases Being Filed for Patients
Drug Company Apellis Failed to Warn About Retinal Vasculitis Until a November 2023 Label Change (Posted by Tom Lamb at Drug Injury Watch) We are handling Syfovre injections side effects legal compensation cases being filed…
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Wegovy, Rybelsus, and Ozempic Eye Side Effects: Semaglutide Linked to NAION
Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION), or "Eye Stroke", Can Cause Vision Loss (Posted by Tom Lamb at Drug Injury Watch) Wegovy, Rybelsus, and Ozempic eye side effects are possible given the recent findings that…
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Syfovre Safety-Benefit Assessment by Europe’s Drug Regulator Differs From FDA
EMA’s CHMP Does Not Approve Syfovre for a Second Time, Citing "significant risk of adverse events" (Posted by Tom Lamb at Drug Injury Watch) There seems to be some disagreement about the Syfovre safety-benefit assessment…
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Syfovre Retinal Vaso-occlusive Vasculitis Case Report Involving 78-year Old Woman With Vision Loss
She Went to the Local ER With Loss of Vision 11 Days After Receiving an Intravitreal Syfovre (Pegcetacoplan) Injection (Posted by Tom Lamb at Drug Injury Watch) In the March 2024 edition of the American…