{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Dr. Paika Podcast","title":"Can Ozempic & GLP-1s Make You Blind? A Doctor Explains","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8790f811\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":886,"description":"#Ozempic #GLP1 #Wegovy #EyeHealth #obesitymedicine \nCan Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro make you blind? A viewer asked me this, and it deserves an honest, evidence-based answer. I'm Dr. Mohammed Paika, board-certified in internal medicine and obesity medicine, with more than 15 years as a hospitalist.\nIn this video I review every major study on GLP-1 medications and NAION, a rare \"stroke\" of the optic nerve:\nThe Mass Eye and Ear study that sparked the headlines\nThe larger studies from Denmark, Norway and the US\nThe randomized trials\nI also cover what the European Medicines Agency, the UK's MHRA and the American Academy of Ophthalmology concluded, plus the separate issue of diabetic retinopathy. You'll learn the real risk in actual numbers, who is at higher risk, and a 5-step eye-safety plan, including the one warning sign that means you go to the ER the same day.\nTIMESTAMPS\n0:00 Can GLP-1s make you blind? A viewer's question\n0:58 Who I am and why this matters\n1:37 What is NAION? The \"stroke\" of the optic nerve\n3:15 How the alarm started: the Mass Eye and Ear study\n4:16 What the bigger studies found\n6:13 GLP-1 Masterclass\n6:51 What regulators and eye specialists concluded\n8:44 Putting the risk in perspective\n9:28 The other eye issue: diabetic retinopathy\n10:41 Free GLP-1 Diet Cookbook\n11:01 Who is at higher risk?\n12:16 The 5-step eye-safety plan\n14:10 What to watch next\n📩 FREE GLP-1 Diet Cookbook + Weekly Newsletter\nhttps://www.drmohammedpaika.com/newsletter\n🎓 Complete GLP-1 Weight Loss Masterclass — Lifetime Access\nComprehensive education on GLP-1 medications, nutrition, exercise, muscle preservation, side effects & long-term success. Includes the companion eBook, quizzes, 12-week exercise program, certificate & future course updates at no additional cost.\nhttps://www.drmohammedpaika.com\nREFERENCES\nStatPearls: Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. NCBI Bookshelf. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559045/\nJohnson LN, Arnold AC. Incidence of nonarteritic...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9qIr9DvwV8ODN3d9cHtpN76KWo0AHFHUFFi87mNWtws/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNGNl/MTliYWE0MmYyMTY1/NWNjZTA2MWU0Zjgx/N2I5YS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}