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I have to tuck my belly into my pants after fat jabs made me tiny but other crazy side effects will cost me £9K to fix
FINISHING an eight-mile run, Tracy Hughes walks into her bathroom and turns on the shower. Wearing her form-fitting exercise kit, the mum-of-four has a svelte

Weight loss drugs linked to higher risk of eye damage in diabetic patients. Study finds medicines such as Ozempic associated with greater risk of developing age-related macular degeneration. Patients who had been taking GLP-1 RAs for more than 30 months had more than three times the risk.
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A Study Linked GLP-1 Drugs to What Ocular Condition?
(MedPage Today) — You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz

What are Clinical Trials and why do we need them?
Clinical trials are carefully designed research studies conducted in humans to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and overall benefit of medical interventions such as drugs, biologics,

Omada Health Shares Soar After IPO as GLP-1 Drugs Fuel Interest
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Ozempicâs hidden dangers: Muscle loss, mental health warnings and the rebound effect
(NaturalNews) Ozempic/Wegovy users risk losing muscle, bone mass and mental health as severe side effects. GLP-1 drugs linked to 62,000 adverse events and 16…

It’s OK not to be fat
“Pharmacist Holding a Box of Ozempic” by chemist4u, CC BY 2.0 “O God, give us the serenity to accept what cannot be changed, the courage

Omada Health Shares Soar After IPO as GLP-1 Drugs Fuel Interest – WSJ
Omada Health Shares Soar After IPO as GLP-1 Drugs Fuel Interest WSJ Omada shares rise 21% in Nasdaq debut after health tech company’s IPO CNBC Omada Health

Popular weight loss drug could cause sudden blindness – EU’s health watchdog
The producer of Ozempic was advised to list the serious eye condition as a side effect The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has concluded that semaglutide-based

GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Study Finds
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic could lead to a higher risk of wet age-related macular degeneration in people with type 2 diabetes. Westend61/Getty Images GLP-1 drugs

EMA warns Ozempic linked to ‘very rare’ side effect
The EMA’s safety committee has issued a warning that the GLP-1 receptor agonist Ozempic (semaglutide, Novo Nordisk A/S) can cause an acute eye condition in

The True Cost of “Optimal” Health
“I want to know I’m doing absolutely everything I can to preserve my health for as long as possible.” We hear this kind of thing

GLP-1 drugs are rewriting America’s food preferences, says IFF: ‘GLP-1s alter taste perception’
Eighty-five percent of US GLP-1 drug consumers report major changes in their food and beverage preferences after starting the medications, says a new report from

Don’t Use Mounjaro As A Way To Get Skinny: Dr Alexandra Sowa, ‘The Ozempic Revolution’
An obesity and internal medicine specialist based in New York, Dr Alexandra Sowa has been researching and practising obesity medicine for about a decade now.

GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Exposure Linked to Neovascular AMD in Patients With Diabetes
FRIDAY, June 6, 2025 — For patients with diabetes, exposure to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) is associated with an increased risk for incident

Is Novo Nordisk’s Next Generation Obesity Pipeline a Game Changer?
Novo Nordisk NVO has seen strong momentum in recent years, driven by the commercial success of its blockbuster semaglutide products, Wegovy (obesity) and Ozempic (diabetes).

EMA considers serious eye condition a ‘very rare’ side effect of semaglutide
The European Medicines Agency said Friday that the product information for Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy should be updated to list a serious eye condition

The ‘golden dose’ of Mounjaro that experts warn could be deadly – as slimmers rave about it saving money
A GROWING number of slimmers are trying to squeeze extra jabs out of empty Mounjaro pens in a risky bid to cut costs. The weight-loss

GLP-1 Drug Can Cause Rare, Potentially Blinding Side Effect, EMA Warns
(MedPage Today) — A potentially blinding condition is a very rare side effect of the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus), the European Medicines

Women on Weight Loss Drugs Are Having ‘Ozempic Babies’
Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and all the other new GLP-1 weight loss drugs are able to miraculously shed pounds. But it seems like they may be

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) conjugates modified with dual fatty acids and a proline-alanine-serine (PAS) polypeptide
Publication date: Available online 6 June 2025 Source: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Author(s): Chengcheng Wang, Jinhua Zhang, Yuanzhen Dong, Jun Xu, Jianguang Lu, Chunyong Ding,

Ozempic makes you twice as likely to develop this debilitating condition — what that really means for your risk
A new study brings into focus the relationship between diabetic GLP-1 users and the elevated risk of age-related eye disease.

Ozempic has ‘very rare’ sight loss side effect, EU drugs regulator finds
Patients taking weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic have an increased risk of developing a rare eye condition that could lead to loss of

STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about GLP-1 drugs and eye disease, European pharma reforms, and more
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STAT+: A kidney disease showdown, and eye risk linked to GLP-1s
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Diabetes patients who use GLP-1s may have a higher risk of serious eye disease: study
In the study, diabetes patients who took GLP-1s were twice as likely to develop neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) than those without GLP-1 exposure.

Novo’s Ozempic Linked to Rare Cases Of Serious Eye Disorder, EU Regulator Says
Novo Nordisk’s popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic may in very rare cases cause a serious eye condition that can lead to vision loss, the European… Reuters Health Information

‘Ozempic Teeth’ May Cause Tooth Decay, Other Dental Health Effects
People using GLP-1 drugs are reporting an unusual side effect impacting dental health that some are calling “Ozempic teeth.” Jacob Wackerhausen/Getty Images People using GLP-1

Ozempic users report surprising cravings for certain smells: Here’s what to know
While Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs have been shown to have myriad benefits, they can also present some unwelcome effects, primarily nausea, vomiting and other

Semaglutide Linked to Age-Related Macular Degeneration Risk
(MedPage Today) — Older adults taking GLP-1 receptor agonists, primarily semaglutide (Rybelsus, Ozempic, Wegovy), had a small uptick in their risk of developing neovascular age-related

Weight loss drugs linked to higher risk of eye damage in diabetic patients
Study finds medicines such as Ozempic associated with greater risk of developing age-related macular degeneration Weight loss drugs could at least double the risk of

GLP-1 drugs may be linked to elevated risk of serious eye disease, study finds – statnews.com
GLP-1 drugs may be linked to elevated risk of serious eye disease, study finds statnews.com Weight loss drugs linked to higher risk of eye damage in

Agency warns that weight loss drugs can decrease effectiveness of birth control pills
Anecdotes abound about “Ozempic babies”—when women wound up with unplanned pregnancies while taking both birth-control and the popular GLP-1 drugs for diabetes or weight loss.

Dry mouth, bad breath and tooth damage: The effects Ozempic and Wegovy can have on your mouth
Ozempic and Wegovy have been hailed as wonder drugs when it comes to weight loss. But as the drug has become more widely used, a number of unintended side-effects have become apparent—with the weight loss drug affecting the appearance of everything from your butt to your feet.

GLP-1 drugs may be linked to elevated risk of serious eye disease, study finds
People with diabetes who were taking GLP-1 drugs had a low but elevated risk of an age-related eye disease that can sometimes lead to blindness,

MHRA Urges Contraception With GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs
Women using GLP-1 weight-loss drugs must use effective contraception, the MHRA has warned, citing unknown risks to pregnancy and foetal health. Medscape News UK

What is “Enforcement Discretion” (FDA context)?
Enforcement discretion means that a regulatory agency like the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) chooses not to enforce certain rules or regulations under specific

Retatrutide: A Triple Agonist for Diabetes and Obesity
Abdul-Rahman T, Roy P, Ahmed FK, Mueller-Gomez JL, Sarkar S, Garg N, Femi-Lawal VO, Wireko AA, Thaalibi HI, Hashmi MU, Dzebu AS, Banimusa SB, Sood

The “summer body” is over. Something worse is taking its place.
Women in bathing suits lined up on the beach in 1949. | FPG/Getty Images For decades, women have heard about the mythical “summer body” —

Q&A: Long-term success of GLP-1 therapies hinges on more than just a prescription
GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) therapies can be powerful tools in managing obesity, with patients taking these medications seeing weight reductions of 5%–18% in clinical trials, along