They followed 173 RA patients with overweight or obesity who were prescribed and actually took a GLP-1 medication (semaglutide or tirzepatide) between 2018 and 2024, and compared them to 42 patients who were prescribed one but never took it
While certainly not outweighing the good these medications offer, prescribing physicians need to keep in mind the real and serious ocular adverse events that may occur. A spokesperson for Novo Nordisk, which manufactures Ozempic and Wegovy, said: Patient safety is our top priority and we take any report about an adverse event related to the use of our medicines very seriously
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Scientists surprised to find human body makes its own Ozempic version Study finds bodys built-in backup plan for diabetes-controlling hormone production Bookmark CommentsGo to comments Under special conditions, some cells of the pancreas can produce the hormone GLP-1, mimicked by popular diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, according to a new study that upends what we knew about the organ