Ozempic & Wegovy may be linked to eye condition, vision loss: Study

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27 күн бұрын

Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss a new study showing people taking Ozempic and Wegovy may be at an increased risk of developing an eye condition that can cause irreversible vision loss. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: cnb.cx/42d859g
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@selma5885 25 күн бұрын

No one knows the long term effects of these drugs!

@backfischritter 21 күн бұрын

Well we are beginning to understand those long term effects. Eye loss is one of them.

@fraterjr 21 күн бұрын

We are finding out. The future will have all the kinks worked out thanks to all the people leading the way on trials regardless of motive. Sloth, gluttony, and vanity combined.

@sarabeth8050 25 күн бұрын

It's always fun until someone loses an eye.

@erichvonmolder9310 25 күн бұрын

Aye Aye Captain

@erichvonmolder9310 25 күн бұрын

This is what happens when you want a magic pill.

@benm5678 25 күн бұрын

Waste of human energy...let's fix the diet problem instead.

@erichvonmolder9310 25 күн бұрын

How do you do that? You can't.

@xcel5203 25 күн бұрын

There's no diet which can fix it .

@brienq 25 күн бұрын

@@xcel5203 it's called a healthy diet, and getting rid of processed foods, excess sugars and fats. For ages people ate healthy and the obesity rate was only abour 15% in the 1970's, proabbly lower even before that. Now its 43% and headed above 50% due to people being lazy and getting most of their meals from fast food or prepared,processed foods.

@YTSparty 25 күн бұрын

Because 1) people are lazy 2) pharma companies are great at selling and lying to people 3) our food industry doesn't want you to stop buying their horrible food.

@benm5678 25 күн бұрын

@@brienq Exactly... it's harder now, since you need to cook it mostly yourself until it becomes prevalent in our society, but seems worth it to me. You can get used to loving any food; *be stronger* than big pharma and the processed food industry that is manipulating you to keep their business going.

@eyelovecolorado2195 25 күн бұрын

No Matter what your goal (to make money, build a family, lose weight…..) There is no shortcut for hard work!

@dadevi 24 күн бұрын

These medicines were made for people who have medical conditions like diabetes where "hard work" doesn't make a difference. The problem is doctors giving this medicine to any and everybody.

@keason754 21 күн бұрын

Are you kidding? Everyone is on it now, they hyped it up so much 😮

@thomashunter5645 23 күн бұрын

At least you look good after weight loss. But you yourself can't see it in the mirror.

@JJ-yi2qo 18 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@Uncommonsenses 24 күн бұрын

Meanwhile, studies have found that a modicum of self discipline, reasonable dietary choices and moderate exercise out performs both drugs and has no side effects.

@mrparts 23 күн бұрын

If it were that simple we wouldn’t have widespread obesity would we? The fact is that high calorie food is cheap and abundant and the economy gods require that most of the working population must be sitting down 10-12 hours a day on desks for work. It’s inevitable that a majority of people will gain weight.

@Uncommonsenses 23 күн бұрын

@@mrparts it is exactly that simple, but that doesn’t make it easy. Ozempic works by reducing the desire to eat. It doesn’t work by making high calorie food less available or by making you stand up more often throughout the day. It chemically reduces the desire to eat and the weight falls off. Ozempic proves that the cure for obesity rests with how the individual relates to the discomfort of hunger.

@DarlaAnne 20 күн бұрын

Stop the BS. You have no idea what you're talking about. IF ONLY. I have eaten clean, healthy, whole foods, gave up sugar, nothing processed, healthy caloric intake, physical activity, YOU name it but started gaining weight and could not stop. I WISH it was from being undisciplined because that would make it easy to fix, especially over 50 years old when it started.

@Uncommonsenses 20 күн бұрын

@@DarlaAnne ⁠Wegovy and Ozempic, by their own admission, do not change metabolism. They affect appetite. Both drugs have serious side effects, some known and some, no doubt, unknown. Self restriction of caloric intake has a single side effect: mild discomfort. I’m sorry to hear about your weight gain and subsequent difficulties. But you do yourself a tremendous disservice when you remove your own choices both from the cause of your current situation and from the solution. Wegovy and Ozempic cannot do anything for you that you cannot do yourself. There is a very real possibility that the exchange you’re making with these pharmaceuticals has costs that you are not factoring in.

@clostheman6562 25 күн бұрын

Rx artificial tears caused blindness to many as a SIDE EFFECT and had to have their eye balls moved

@davidsuda1057 20 күн бұрын

Novo is sponsoring the study, seems honest

@RobertRister 23 күн бұрын

Thanks for publicizing this. I had preexisting retinopathy with minimal vision loss, but went essentially blind (I could see about 5 feet) after one injection of Ozempic. In my case, however, there was profuse bleeding. I did later have surgeries to recover my sight.

@ChupraCumbra 25 күн бұрын

Theres always side effects....

@YTSparty 25 күн бұрын

There's a reason it's not approved in Europe. Blindness, thyroid cancer....is it worth it to lose a few pounds? It's shocking how many people are taking these poisons when otherwise healthy. Last month, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) - a European Union (EU) agency in charge of evaluating and supervising pharmaceutical medications - raised concerns about a possible risk of thyroid cancer in people using glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, including semaglutide.

@deathhimself1653 24 күн бұрын

Uhm, no, that exact agency looked at the concern. And said the evidence does not support a causal link to any GLP-1 agonist and thyroid cancer. These medicines are available in europe

@BlownMacTruck 24 күн бұрын

@@deathhimself1653 You realize it's original purpose was (and still is) has nothing to do with weight loss, right?

@brianne571 23 күн бұрын

Where in Europe?

@thomashunter5645 23 күн бұрын

I see a class action lawsuit coming.

@coastalartistlivingonislan8395 25 күн бұрын

Stop eating fast food, soda and junk.

@weho_brian 25 күн бұрын

its easy to lose weight when you're 20. But after 40, your metabolism is basically non-existent. you will understand when you get there

@hhn2002 24 күн бұрын

I’ve got a bag of potatoe chips on me right now as I was reading that 😂

@iggie8144 24 күн бұрын

@@weho_brianI am there and it’s called self control. Less calories in then you burn equals weight loss. That’s why no one ever leaves a dessert island fatter then when they go there.

@BlownMacTruck 24 күн бұрын

@@iggie8144 Way to miss the point.

@iggie8144 24 күн бұрын

@@BlownMacTruck what point? To tax everyone because most have no self control.

@KT-hb5xp 21 күн бұрын

Diabetics have increased risk of retinopathy to begin with

@HollyPhaon 24 күн бұрын

Harmaceutikill Industry 😐 😷🎭😷🎭 💉💉💉 🪱🪱 🐎🐴🐎

@joshuaburns3167 25 күн бұрын

I guess theyll be alot of jobs helping the blind in the future

@YTSparty 25 күн бұрын

The makers of Ozempic are in the process of developing blindness drugs. Look for it! People will be dancing around in ads on TV! Oh-oh-oh-oh blindness, we got the cure!

@JJ-yi2qo 18 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@RahShanProductionsMTU 12 күн бұрын

Something tells me insurance just doesn’t want to cover the cost of it with all these people getting on it. This isn’t the first medication to be prescribed off label.

@993mike 25 күн бұрын

There are side effects, and then there are possible serious side effects like this. If you’re way overweight and need help, then go for it as the dangers are serious for being really heavy. If you want to drop 10-15 pounds for your upcoming high school reunion, then just eat better and exercise every day.

@YTSparty 25 күн бұрын

The problem is that people are convinced these poison meds are harmless. And that side-effects are extremely rare. Having taken care of two elderly parents, let me just inform people, side-effects are far more likely than you'd think. And Ozempic lists THYROID CANCER as one of their side-effects. Imagine trying to lose a few pounds and waking up with THYROID CANCER. Was it worth it? But hey just think, you'll lose even more weight on chemotherapy.

@xcel5203 25 күн бұрын

Ozempic has been around for some time ; we'd have known for sure by now if there's a problem. Better still let the researchers and medical fraternity come to a definite conclusion rather than the TikTok hacks make the diagnosis for us .

@dsmyre1239 22 күн бұрын

The drugs in Fen-Phen were around for some time, too. When combined, they made an excellent weightloss drug. With long term use, Fen-Phen caused irreversible heart damage and was taken off the market.

@manonamission2000 22 күн бұрын

doesn't the gila monster have limited eyesight?

@agentcontrast9784 25 күн бұрын

any rapid reduction in blood sugar/pressure is a stress on the body and worsens microvascular disease...unsure if ozempic has specific effect outside of this...but man any degree of blindness is not worth any benefit.

@deathhimself1653 24 күн бұрын

Diabetic retinopathy, also causes blindness. So... on the balance it might not actually be worse even if this is proven to exist.

@agentcontrast9784 21 күн бұрын

blindness from diabetic retinopathy is not a sudden thing..your a1c will tell you where you stand..this may be an unexpected surprise you may not like.again not for sure but worth considering..there are other ways to control blood sugar...now if you fail all that and still are willing to take risk then thats your choice.

@brienq 25 күн бұрын

There are natural GLP-1 agonists from foods and herbs that I've come across that are a much safer strategy.

@user-221i 25 күн бұрын

Tax sugar.

@erichvonmolder9310 25 күн бұрын

Taxing sugar creates higher inflation. Catch 22

@Ry-pn2hy 25 күн бұрын

@@erichvonmolder9310I didn’t hear anyone complain when we starting taxing all goods that aren’t made in America, sugar is already taxed.

@erichvonmolder9310 25 күн бұрын

@@Ry-pn2hy , But now add more taxes on it?

@Ry-pn2hy 25 күн бұрын

@@erichvonmolder9310 You didn’t complain the first time.

@4r5tgrftgrtrftgrhbet 25 күн бұрын

We give subsidies to sugar to make it cheaper. Make sugar more expensive and healthy food cheaper. People are paying the price with medical bills. It would be better in the long run.

@m3talHalide-rt2fz 24 күн бұрын

This is poetically ironic.

@judyl5260 23 күн бұрын

I have naion and never took any of these drugs nor will I ever…went totally blind in two weeks in my eye

@brianne571 23 күн бұрын

Is it reversible? I'm so very very sorry.

@RoTelnCheese 25 күн бұрын

I’d rather be fat than blind. I will continue to eat KFC and stay away from Ozempic. Thanks CNBC

@DCGreenZone 18 күн бұрын

WOW! Who could have seen that coming, or who will be able to see that coming in the next few years. Meanwhile Berberine, and now Liposomal Berberine are available, one for thousands of years, the other a recent innovation.

@blinkspacestudio8892 14 күн бұрын

Imagine wanting to lose a few pounds and losing your sight instead.

@LMMLR4 18 күн бұрын

Diabetes causes eye changes also.

@peterdangelo5882 25 күн бұрын

These drugs have been around for a decade. They are safe. But the investigation should never end regarding their safety.

@YTSparty 25 күн бұрын

Define "safe". There are plenty of drugs that have been around longer than a decade and have horrible side effects. But because they list the side effects, there's not much you can do. Ozepmic listed side effects include THYROID CANCER. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't call something "safe" that could give me THYROID CANCER.