Lebanon: A recent study analyzing data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) has ...

Being overweight raises your risk of thyroid cancer ... One study reported that the incidence of thyroid cancer in semaglutide-treated patients was less than 1%. As of now, the FDA warning ...

However, semaglutide was not linked to a significantly reduced risk of developing thyroid, stomach, or breast cancer. Yoni Resnick, PharmD, the director of pharmacy clinical services with New ...

The following text highlights some of these precautions. Boxed warning: Risk of thyroid cancer Semaglutide (the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy) has a boxed warning for a possible risk of ...

Semaglutide also delays gastric emptying ... but the label indicates thyroid cancer risk. Contraindications include a personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) or multiple ...

Drugs originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes, particularly GLP-1 receptor agonists such as semaglutide (sold as ...

For patients with diabetes, semaglutide use is associated with an increased risk for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.

which investigated more than 16,000 patients over a period of six years, raised ocular safety issues related to semaglutide. The study found that the medicine can potentially increase the risk of ...

More information: Alan Y. Hsu et al, Semaglutide and Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Risk Among Patients With Diabetes, JAMA Ophthalmology (2025). DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2025.0349 ...