But doctors say, "Don't be alarmed." https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/semaglutide-linked-rare-eye-condition-150620666.html
From the article: -The condition is called Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION) --It is caused by loss of blood flow (a stroke) to the optic nerve, resulting in blindness to one eye --The blindness is permanent -Semaglutide is the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy --Diabetics who used semaglutide were over 4x more likely to be diagnosed with NAION --The obese who used semaglutide were over 7x more likely to be diagnosed with NAION Other side effects of taking are semaglutide include pancreatitis, and gastroparesis (an irreversible loss of stomach muscle activity.) The "don't worry" messaging is because NAION is still "rare," although specific rates of infection among any population were not put forth.
I read that earlier. Yawn. No scientific study at all; just "assumptions." Also from the article... Semaglutide may also be helpful for some people with vision issues Complicating the issue is that semaglutide may also help people with diabetes-related eye disease. Research presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s annual meeting in 2023 found that most adults ages 51 to 75 years old with diabetes who took semaglutide didn’t develop diabetic retinopathy — an eye condition that can cause vision loss and blindness in people with diabetes.
Today, i was just reading about another possible danger with some of the new diabetes and weight loss drugs. It is scary ! Some of the new drugs are made with reptile venom peptides . I read about it from the Health Ranger, and he said that reptile peptides are now being used in several of the new medicines, and it does affect a person’s brain and their responses, since it comes from a reptile. So, I looked it up, and there are actually quite a few medicines that use peptides from venomous snakes and lizards. I know that many of our medications come from things that we would probably not want to use in their natural form. Premarin is one of those. It comes from pregnant mare urine, which is how they get the name. Horses are bred each year at the facility, just so they can gather all the urine from the pregnant mares, and then the resulting foals are sold at weaning age. But having snake venom seems even worse to me, and it truly does seem like some of the people we see nowdays on the news act like they are only functioning from their reptile brain, with nothing but hate and violence.