Shocking number of people are QUITTING Ozempic amid growing list of debilitating side effects READ MORE: Ozempic could make you go BLIND , according to worrying study By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 11:16 EDT, 10 July 2024 | Updated: 11:19 EDT, 10 July 2024 e-mail 7 View comments Almost nine in 10 patients on blockbuster weight loss drugs are quitting them early, a new analysis shows. Researchers analyzed more than 3,000 US pharmacy claims from patients prescribed injections like Ozempic and Wegovy.
They found that just one in four patients who were taking the drugs for weight loss and not diabetes , stayed on Ozempic for at least two years. And just one in 15 stuck with less popular medications which work the same way, such as Saxenda and Victoza. The findings come as weight loss drugmakers face as many as 10,000 lawsuits due to severe side effects like stomach paralysis, tears in patients' food pipes, blindness , and suicidal thoughts.
Just one in four patients on Ozempic and Wegovy have stuck with them after two years, according to a new analysis It's estimated that 15.5million Americans have taken a weight loss drug at some point The findings are also significant because previous research shows that when patients come off the drugs, as many as 80 percent fput the pounds back on. The researchers cautioned that it's unclear why the patients came off the drugs, though they suspect it could be due to side effects like nausea and stomach paralysis, .
