{"id":81342,"date":"2026-03-13T10:43:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81342"},"modified":"2026-03-13T10:43:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:43:03","slug":"blindness-extreme-vomiting-and-death-ozempic-and-wegovy-users-reveal-harrowing-dark-side-of-miracle-weight-loss-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/blindness-extreme-vomiting-and-death-ozempic-and-wegovy-users-reveal-harrowing-dark-side-of-miracle-weight-loss-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Blindness, Extreme Vomiting And Death \u2014 Ozempic And Wegovy Users Reveal Harrowing Dark Side Of \u2018Miracle\u2019 Weight-Loss Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From<em> The Independent:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-letter\">T<\/span>here are an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/public-opinion\/poll-1-in-8-adults-say-they-are-currently-taking-a-glp-1-drug-for-weight-loss-diabetes-or-another-condition-even-as-half-say-the-drugs-are-difficult-to-afford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">estimated<\/a>\u00a031 million Americans currently on GLP-1 medications, spurred on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/health\/ozempic-wegovy-weight-loss-jab-adverts-investigation-b2696869.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">by the multitude of ads<\/a>\u00a0plastered across social media and TV \u2014 not to mention celebrity and influencer testimonials \u2014 promising them a fresh start.<\/p>\n<p>Those ads and personal tales, many of which feature celebrities and reality stars, come with mandated warnings of some of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/ozempic-weight-loss-eating-disorder-b2680750.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">potentially harmful side effects<\/a> of the active ingredient semaglutide that the medications can cause \u201cin rare cases.\u201d\u00a0But for the more than 4,000 Americans who have filed lawsuits against the manufacturers of GLP-1 drugs \u2014 including giant<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/health-and-families\/novo-nordisk-him-hers-weight-loss-ozempic-wegovy-b2934852.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0Novo Nordisk, which produces Ozempic and Wegovy<\/a>\u2014 they claim there was no such warning of the life-altering conditions they now have to live with when they started taking the medications.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1773398583\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Blindness, Extreme Vomiting And Death \u2014 Ozempic And Wegovy Users Reveal Harrowing Dark Side Of \u2018Miracle\u2019 Weight-Loss Drugs\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Independent: There are an\u00a0estimated\u00a031 million Americans currently on GLP-1 medications, spurred on\u00a0by the multitude of ads\u00a0plastered across social.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}