In a 50-year-old obese man with non-insulin dependent diabetes taking semaglutide, sudden painless vision loss in the right eye was diagnosed as non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy.
In plain wordsOne man taking semaglutide lost vision suddenly in one eye from optic nerve damage. One case cannot show cause.
- Peptide
- Semaglutide
- Outcome
- Not applicableNon-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Adverse events · Eye
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
A 50-year-old obese male with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) taking Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) presented with sudden, painless vision-loss from his right eye.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The patient was diagnosed with non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy.