Semaglutide linked to vision loss risk

[clayd]

Up to 1 in 200 patients may develop optic nerve damage over 20 years of use. 0.5%

Seems like the optic nerve damage is permanent but doesn't happen to both eyes from what I see here.

Only sema studied so far

https://www.gbnews.com/health/ozempic-linked-rare-irreversible-vision-loss-large-scale-trial

 

[YoYoFat]

Who’s been using Sema for 20 years?

 

[clayd]

They are suggesting that would be the incidence rate based on studying existing patient-years

 

[YoYoFat]

Diabetics are prone to vision loss. Sema was originally branded as Ozempic, meant for diabetics.

 

[raw_oyster_eater]

Who’s been using Sema for 20 years?

they're extrapolating.

 

[christy0110]

My vision in one eye has become worse in last 5 months but could be completely coincidental

 

[clayd]

My vision in one eye has become worse in last 5 months but could be completely coincidental

You should get it checked, you can take something other than sema if needed

 

[keangkong]

My vision in both eyes is terrible. This started about 40 years ago.

 

[penewbie]

incidence rate difference (absolute risk increase) was +1.41 NAION events per 10,000 person-years.

Yea, I'd take that risk.

 

[AndyPanda]

You should get it checked, you can take something other than sema if needed

It’s listed as a side effect of Tirzapatide/Mounjaro as well. This has had me a bit freaked out.

 

[YoYoFat]

they're extrapolating.

That’s not how legit studies are run.

 

[raw_oyster_eater]

That’s not how legit studies are run.

agreed, i was just telling everyone what they were doing.

 

[brentm]

That’s not how legit studies are run.

But it makes for such great news headlines!

 

[exploitedworkerbee]

I can’t be the only one waiting for the other shoe to drop on our beloved wonder drugs right? Honestly if it turns out to be 1 in 200 of us long term users go blind in one eye, that’s way better than whatever terrible cancers or other ailments we could have been giving ourselves. I’ll take it!

 

[GLP69]

pick your poison I guess. a tiny chance of becoming a little bit blind by the time I'm retired is probably better than being overweight and dying of a heart attack by the same point.

 

[TTRich]

Up to 1 in 200 patients may develop optic nerve damage over 20 years of use. 0.5%

Seems like the optic nerve damage is permanent but doesn't happen to both eyes from what I see here.

Only sema studied so far

https://www.gbnews.com/health/ozempic-linked-rare-irreversible-vision-loss-large-scale-trial

I don't know, this study seems kind of unscientific. How can they presume what happens in 20 years that 1 person out of 200 will go blind in one eye from sema? I presume in 20 years of suffering from diabetes at least 1 person will go blind in both eyes from not using sema. I'm a tennis pro not a scientist.

 

[clayd]

I don't know, this study seems kind of unscientific. How can they presume what happens in 20 years that 1 person out of 200 will go blind in one eye from sema? I presume in 20 years of suffering from diabetes at least 1 person will go blind in both eyes from not using sema. I'm a tennis pro not a scientist.

It is a recognized method of doing papers

You can decide if it's a good method of doing science

 

[AndyPanda]

They used to tell young men that other things would make us go blind. None of that came to fruition either.

 

[Deeubee]

Up to 1 in 200 patients may develop optic nerve damage over 20 years of use. 0.5%

Seems like the optic nerve damage is permanent but doesn't happen to both eyes from what I see here.

Only sema studied so far

https://www.gbnews.com/health/ozempic-linked-rare-irreversible-vision-loss-large-scale-trial

It's been addressed. Let me find the video

 

[Deeubee]