In this Ozempic drug safety issues update we report on suicidal thoughts, thyroid cancer, and gallbladder disease as being possible Ozempic side effects.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recently announced it has begun an investigation into Ozempic and suicidal thoughts as well as self-harm. From July 11, 2023 document “EMA statement on ongoing review of GLP-1 receptor agonists”, issued July 11, 2023:
EMA’s safety committee, the PRAC, is reviewing data on the risk of suicidal thoughts and thoughts of self-harm with medicines known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, including Ozempic (semaglutide), Saxenda (liraglutide) and Wegovy (semaglutide). These medicines are used for weight loss and for treating type 2 diabetes.
We turn next to another of the relatively new Ozempic drug safety issues, which is a possible association between Ozempic and thyroid cancer. From this June 22, 2023, Reuters news report, “Novo Nordisk says EMA raised safety signal on drugs including semaglutide”:
A thyroid cancer safety signal was raised by the EU’s drugs watchdog last month over several Novo Nordisk products including semaglutide, which is used in popular diabetes and obesity medicines Ozempic and Wegovy.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) raised the safety signal, which is a way to monitor potential adverse events from the use of approved drugs, Novo Nordisk said. Such a signal from the EMA does not mean that the medicine is the cause of any reported adverse events.
Lastly, as regards Ozempic drug safety issues, this popular diabetes and weight-loss drug has been linked to gallbladder diseases which may require gallbladder removal surgery. We previously posted this article, “Ozempic Gallbladder Cases: Gallbladder Disease and Gallbladder Removal“, which covered the March 2022 Ozempic label change that added warnings about the risks of gallbladder diseases.
At the present time, our law firm is reviewing Ozempic drug injury cases involving gallbladder diseases that lead to the need for gallbladder removal surgery. If we can be of assistance to you or someone you know, we encourage you to submit a Case Evaluation Form online.
We will continue to monitor the two ongoing EMA investigations into the other Ozempic drug safety issues, suicidal thoughts and thyroid cancer.
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