Toronto woman believes Ozempic use connected to her stomach paralysis: ‘I lack hope’
“And that was the first time a doctor told me that I need to try and get off Ozempic to see if my symptoms would improve,” Wright said.Since going off the drug, she said her symptoms have not improved and has had to take a leave of absence from her job. She said she does not know if Ozempic caused her condition, but believes it may have exacerbated it.
It is puzzling, he said, that Wright, continued to experience symptoms even after discontinuing Ozempic.He further explained that diabetes itself can impact the gut and cause gastrointestinal issues.Ozempic is a class of medication called GLP-1 agonists used to treat Type 2 diabetes and often prescribed off-label for obesity.
In an email to Global News, a spokesperson from Novo Nordisk, the creator of Ozempic, said, “Patient safety is of utmost importance to Novo Nordisk, and we take all reports about adverse events from use of our medicines very seriously.”Story continues below advertisement “And the high levels of hormones have various beneficial effects for glucose-lowering metabolism and weight control,” he explained.
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