In one 48-year-old woman, appendicitis requiring appendectomy occurred several months after she started semaglutide (Ozempic).
In plain wordsOne woman developed appendicitis and needed surgery several months after starting semaglutide. A single case cannot show that semaglutide caused it.
- Peptide
- Semaglutide
- Outcome
- IncreaseAppendicitis requiring appendectomy
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Gastrointestinal adverse events · Gastrointestinal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · several monthsAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Her examination was positive for focal abdominal tenderness and leukocytosis along with imaging suggestive of appendicitis. Her acute condition ultimately required an appendectomy.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
We describe a case of a 48-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department several months after being initiated on Ozempic (semaglutide).