Use of the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) may be linked with an increased risk of the second most common form of optic neuropathy, a retrospective study suggested. Over a mean ...

Primary care and emergency medicine clinicians should familiarize themselves with common ophthalmologic conditions that, with timely referral and treatment, may help to improve vision. Ischemic optic ...

The condition, known as non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), causes sudden blindness due to a lack of blood flow to the optic nerve. Despite the findings, the study does not ...

The authority said the cases were complex because semaglutide has been linked in very rare situations to non-arteritic ...

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Semaglutide was tied to a small risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) in adults with type 2 diabetes. The risk was more modest than previously reported. Using the specific ...

Ischemic optic neuropathies are the most common acute optic nerve pathology in patients older than 50 years of age. A 62-year-old Asian man presents to the emergency department with a complaint of ...