Can Ozempic & GLP-1s Make You Blind? A Doctor Explains

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Can Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro make you blind? A viewer asked me this, and it deserves an honest, evidence-based answer. I'm Dr. Mohammed Paika, board-certified in internal medicine and obesity medicine, with more than 15 years as a hospitalist.

In this video I review every major study on GLP-1 medications and NAION, a rare "stroke" of the optic nerve:

The Mass Eye and Ear study that sparked the headlines

The larger studies from Denmark, Norway and the US

The randomized trials

I also cover what the European Medicines Agency, the UK's MHRA and the American Academy of Ophthalmology concluded, plus the separate issue of diabetic retinopathy. You'll learn the real risk in actual numbers, who is at higher risk, and a 5-step eye-safety plan, including the one warning sign that means you go to the ER the same day.

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0:00 Can GLP-1s make you blind? A viewer's question

0:58 Who I am and why this matters

1:37 What is NAION? The "stroke" of the optic nerve

3:15 How the alarm started: the Mass Eye and Ear study