GLP-1 Drugs Like Wegovy, Ozempic Potentially Linked to Blinding Disease

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23 pointsmarvel_boy6 comments

Non-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).

We 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!)

You had me at first half lol.

The condition, known as non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), causes sudden blindness due to a lack of blood flow to the optic nerve.

Oh crap I had this expressed once when I was self medicating with DXM.

I assume you mean experienced -- what did you do to recover? Sounds like it was temporary?

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