Participants discuss a lawsuit claiming vision loss from Ozempic use, note that diabetes itself often leads to retinopathy, and share reports of NAION linked to these medications in Denmark and personal cases. Some argue benefits outweigh rare risks for older or diabetic patients while younger healthier users face a less favorable ratio, and others mention vision changes after starting tirzepatide or blood sugar shifts.
What this discussion establishesWhether younger people using these drugs are simply being lazy instead of exercising and eating well.
Still openWhether diet or other factors trigger the eye issues seen with GLP-1 medications.
Nothing here is advice.
A guy used Ozempic for weight loss and then lost his sight. In another case someone took it for diabetes and months later claimed total vision loss plus losing his job, leading to a lawsuit over the alleged outcome.
The issue is diabetes on its own often triggers diabetic retinopathy which ranks as the top cause of adult blindness.
High blood sugar over time can sometimes sharpen vision so bringing levels down may actually make eyesight worse temporarily.
It concerns me that many newer forum members tend to be younger and not severely overweight. For people in their fifties or beyond or those with major obesity or diabetes the benefits clearly reduce serious illness and death so rare side effects are outweighed. But a twenty or thirty year old with BMI around thirty who ends up blind or seriously ill from a rare effect faces a tragic result. Younger healthier individuals have lower odds of major illness or death from these drugs than older sicker or diabetic patients yet the risk stays above zero. No accurate medical way exists to weigh costs versus benefits in younger less overweight healthier users because serious illness odds are too low for proper measurement without huge studies that will never occur due to cost. Some serious adverse effects can be tracked but
I agree. Younger folks seem plain lazy to me. At that age you simply need to stay active and eat properly. Kids these days are lazy as hell. YMMV
Parents deserve the blame. Gen X is built different.
They're occupied dressing in nightclothes prior to leaving the house.
NAION tied to GLP-1 drugs is real and obese people carry higher risk. We have ten patients in Denmark who lost sight or suffered serious impairment and the link was acknowledged last year. One friend on Wegovy can no longer drive due to NAION and feels exhausted constantly. I had my eyes checked this summer and now advise every patient starting GLP-1s to see a doctor for sudden vision loss or blurring.
At a vision screening late last year my prescription shifted and the doctor said the mild astigmatism I had in one eye my whole life had disappeared. Results might have been off but I noticed vision shifts early on tirzepatide so people should monitor any symptoms closely.
Might want to check Retinalamin. One part of the quote stands out about it being adjunctive only and not replacing standard care like insulin or anti-VEGF shots. BPC-157 and GHK-Cu raise VEGF while TB500 aids angiogenesis which could raise chances of eye issues. Still the hypoglycemia danger is real.
These eye problems with GLP-1s look tied to Ozempic specifically. Tirzepatide might differ but if current prescribed versions cause them then retatrutide should logically avoid the issue for now. Hope they identify what drives NAION in GLP patients and whether diet plays a role.
Every GLP medication works on the GLP-1 receptor while amylin agonists like cagrilintide do not. Tirzepatide may activate GLP-1 more strongly due to biased agonism. Both tirzepatide and retatrutide produce less nausea than semaglutide because GIP offsets it yet they hit the same receptor so they should carry equal NAION risk even if unproven. Semaglutide has the longest track record so more rare long-term effects are known about it.
That sounds like the classic just put the fork down line. I do not see how obesity needing help becomes purely an age issue where older people supposedly struggle more but younger ones are just lazy if they cannot manage. Maybe I misread but this would be the first time age gets blamed that way for inability to eat better.
Can you really go blind from masturbating? Asking for a friend.
So true. I recall walking ten miles to work or the gym just because I wanted to yet now with internet and shows like Criminal Minds or the Epstein files I drive my kids everywhere.
Before GLP-1s my A1c sat in the prediabetic range with symptoms and a routine eye exam showed high IOP plus random blurry vision. Scary to imagine how bad things could have become without getting it under control.
It does seem that way but NAION appeared on the tirzepatide side effects list in recent months. I would treat any GLP-1 as a risk factor and recommend seeing an eye doctor for any vision change.
From my own extensive research the claim appears untrue and likely spread by women who insist on being seen as necessary and not worth worrying about for at least fifty years. I do need sunglasses though.
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