{"id":779560,"date":"2026-09-23T03:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T03:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/779560\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T03:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T03:22:09","slug":"lawsuits-allege-ozempic-other-glp-1-medications-may-cause-sudden-vision-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/779560\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuits allege Ozempic, other GLP-1 medications may cause sudden vision loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SALT LAKE CITY \u2014 There are new questions about a rare eye condition possibly linked to popular GLP-1 drugs that are used for diabetes and weight loss.<\/p>\n<p>Lawsuits allege that GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound may be linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK559045\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy<\/a>, a rare optic nerve condition that causes sudden vision loss.<\/p>\n<p>One woman taking a GLP-1 for weight loss said she woke up one morning and had lost vision in her right eye. The woman, who works as a nurse practitioner, said she can no longer read, which has impacted her ability to do her job.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of other Americans are also suing the drugmakers, saying they weren&#8217;t adequately warned of the condition.<\/p>\n<p>However, the companies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumeraffairs.com\/news\/drugmakers-face-lawsuits-alleging-glp-1-medications-caused-sudden-vision-loss-092226.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dispute<\/a> the claims and say there is no proof the medicine caused vision loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALT LAKE CITY \u2014 There are new questions about a rare eye condition possibly linked to popular GLP-1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[7816,18057,102,5365,1371,8929,6591,50,2186,18058,101,3133,13803,56,54,55,2253,1068],"class_list":["post-779560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-cars","tag-classifieds","tag-health","tag-homes","tag-jobs","tag-local","tag-medication","tag-news","tag-radio","tag-salt-lake","tag-sports","tag-television","tag-traffic","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-utah","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}