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Drugging ourselves to health?

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Drugging ourselves to health?

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July 19, 2024
Drugging ourselves to health?

In last week's post, Ozempic linked with blinding eye condition, I discussed a recently-published study reporting a link between the use of the antidiabetic/antiobesity medication semaglutide (marketed as Ozempic and Wegovy), and a four-to-almost-eight-fold increase in risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), the second most common cause of blindness due to optic nerve damage after glaucoma.

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