🚨 SHE WANTED TO LOSE A FEW POUNDS... SHE SAYS SHE LOST HER EYESIGHT INSTEAD?! 😳

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Baby, THIS is one of those stories that makes you put the fork down, put the phone down and read it twice.

A Georgia woman says she started taking the popular GLP-1 weight-loss drug Wegovy hoping to lose some weight.

Instead, she says she lost vision in her right eye.

And now she's pushing for U.S. warning labels to tell patients about the potential risk.

MA'AM... I WANTED TO LOSE MY STOMACH. NOT MY DAMN EYESIGHT. 😳

Now before everybody taking Ozempic or Wegovy starts throwing their injection pens across the room, we need to explain what is actually being alleged.

👁️ WHAT HAPPENED?

The Georgia woman says she developed NAION, short for non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.

In plain English?

It's a serious condition involving damage to the optic nerve that can cause sudden vision loss.

She believes Wegovy caused her condition and is among patients pursuing litigation alleging that manufacturers failed to adequately warn consumers about this potential risk. These are allegations being litigated, not a court finding that Wegovy caused her blindness.

And here's where this story gets VERY interesting.

Other countries have already moved toward warnings.

According to WSB-TV, European regulators have required semaglutide products to carry information about NAION, and additional countries are following with similar warnings.

Meanwhile, the current U.S. Wegovy prescribing information I found tells patients with Type 2 diabetes to contact their doctor if they experience vision changes and contains a warning concerning diabetic retinopathy complications.

So naturally...

AMERICA, WE HAVE QUESTIONS. 👀

💉 BECAUSE GLP-1s ARE EVERY-DAMN-WHERE

Let's not pretend these medications are some obscure little prescription sitting on the bottom shelf at Walgreens.

Ozempic.

Wegovy.

Mounjaro.

Zepbound.

GLP-1 drugs have become a whole cultural phenomenon.

Folks are dropping pounds, celebrities are talking about them, telehealth companies are advertising them, and everybody suddenly knows somebody whose appetite packed its bags and moved out. 😂

And to be clear, these medications can provide significant medical benefits for appropriate patients. This story does NOT establish that everybody taking a GLP-1 is going to experience vision loss.

But BABY...

If researchers and regulators are investigating even a rare possibility of permanent eyesight damage, people taking these medications deserve accurate information about that risk.

Because that's the entire point of a warning label.

LET ME DECIDE IF SKINNY IS WORTH POSSIBLY SQUINTING AT THE MENU. 😩

👀 AND THIS ISN'T JUST ONE WOMAN MAKING NOISE

There is now federal litigation involving patients who allege GLP-1 medications caused NAION and permanent vision loss. The scientific and legal question of whether these medications caused particular injuries remains contested and is being worked through in court.

So Lady Red isn't going to tell you:

“GLP-1 DRUGS MAKE YOU BLIND!”

Because we don't have evidence supporting a blanket statement like that.

But I'm ALSO not going to say:

“Nothing to see here.”

Because apparently...

“SEE” IS THE ENTIRE DAMN ISSUE. 😭

⚠️ AND ONE MORE THING...

Don't confuse FDA-approved GLP-1 medications with every random compounded product somebody is selling online.

The FDA has separately warned about unapproved compounded versions of semaglutide and tirzepatide, saying those products don't undergo the agency's premarket review for safety, effectiveness and quality. The FDA has also received adverse-event reports involving compounded products.

In March, the agency even issued warning letters to 30 telehealth companies over allegedly false or misleading marketing of compounded GLP-1 products.

Translation:

Don't be buying Ozemp-ish from somebody's cousin because she got a refrigerator in the basement and a Cash App. 😭

🔴 LADY RED SAYS...

This is exactly why I don't like when medications become trends.

It's medicine.

Not a TikTok challenge.

Not the new Stanley cup.

Not something you take because Keisha lost 37 pounds and now you want to know who her doctor is.

There are benefits.

There are risks.

And those risks need to be discussed with an actual medical professional who knows your health history.

And if regulators ultimately determine that NAION is a potential adverse effect that patients need to know about?

PUT IT ON THE DAMN LABEL.

BIG ENOUGH TO READ.

Because imagine taking something because you wanted to drop 20 pounds...

and then allegedly facing permanent vision loss you say nobody adequately warned you about.

Baby, I'll keep the 20.

Matter of fact...

PASS ME MY BIG JEANS. 😭😂

But seriously, anyone taking a GLP-1 who experiences a new or sudden change in vision should contact a medical professional promptly, rather than stopping or changing a prescribed medication based solely on a viral story.

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