Joseph Rizzo, senior author of the July 2024 study that found an association between semaglutide and NAION, called the condition, in effect, a stroke of the optic nerve. Rizzo is the director of neuro-ophthalmology at Mass Eye and Ear in Boston
Serious side effects Although less common, Zepbound can also cause more serious side effects that may require immediate medical attention
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As such, glomerular lesions occur which include glomerular basement membrane thickening, podocyte effacement and loss, mesangial expansion, epithelialmesenchymal transition EMT and fibrosis, collagen deposition, damage to the capillary architecture and an influx of inflammatory cells including macrophages
For more complex drugs like Mounjaro, especially ones that are injected, this whole process can take months or even a few years after the patents start to expire