The eye side effect non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) linked to Zepbound, Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy, and other glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) drugs is the focus of an April 2026 medical study report published online by JAMA Network Open.
This medical study report, “GLP-1 Receptor Agonists or SGLT2 Inhibitors and Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy“, presents a 2025 analysis of 2017 – 2023 health records from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) done to investigate the rate of this NAION eye side effect that users of Zepbound, Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy, and other GLP-1RA drugs have reported.
When all was said and done, the authors of this 2026 medical study report about NAION concluded:
In this large cohort study, [Zepbound, Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy, and other GLP-1RA drugs] use was associated with a modestly increased risk of NAION compared with [sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) drugs] use. While the absolute risk remains low, the specificity of this finding may warrant heightened vigilance.
NAION linked to Zepbound, Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy, and other GLP-1RA drugs is an issue that first came to light in the second part of 2024. For example, two large medical studies from Denmark found that people who used Ozempic had double the risk of developing NAION, which can cause vision loss and blindness.
Drug Injury Lawsuits for NAION Linked to Zepbound, Mounjaro, Ozempic, or Wegovy
In the past couple of years, NAION drug injury lawsuits involving Zepbound, Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy, and other GLP-1RA drugs have been filed against the responsible pharmaceutical companies for their failure to warn patients and doctors about the risk of developing NAION.
For an introduction to the medical and legal aspects of these NAION drug injury lawsuits, here are two relevant Drug Injury Law website links:
- Eye-related Side Effects of Ozempic, Wegovy, and Rybelsus With Vision Loss
- Zepbound and Mounjaro Eye Side Effect NAION Information Page
We are investigating cases of NAION linked to Zepbound, Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy, and other GLP-1RA drugs for patients as drug injury lawsuits seeking legal compensation for their vision loss. We point out that those NAION lawsuits would not be filed against the patients’ doctors because the pharmaceutical company failed to warn about the NAION eye side effect associated with their drug.
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