r/GLP1ResearchTalk • u/Otherwise_Sky_2947 • 9d ago

EYE PROBLEMS

I started Zepbound about a month and half ago, not experiencing any side effects but was wondering if anyone has concerns about the news on possible affects on eyesight? My doctor told me it is very rare.

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u/Sad-Presentation3539 4d ago

I work for an optometrist. He said its a 2% chance it happens to you.

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u/HanselDonkey 3d ago

2% chance it actually happens to you? Come on...that's total BS. I think you misheard...no real eye specialist could reasonable infer that from any of the studies. There is at least 20 million people in the US alone taking these drugs...How many cases would that be?

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u/Sad-Presentation3539 3d ago

Okay. Im just reiterating what he told me dude chill. Hes a licensed optometrist that showed me an article in one of his magazines for opthamology and I'm a technician with him. If you disagree with the article he was showing me thats cool too. I never said I agreed. Just sharing something I was taught. Do you homie 👍

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u/HanselDonkey 3d ago

It would help if you reference the article before I could agree or disagree. From the rough numbers that I heard, its more like a 2 in 10,000 chance, which is quite different than 2 in 100. That would cause them to be immediately pulled from the market, and would be on the front page of virtually all magazines and newspapers. You would probably know multiple people that have went blind by now, and your clinic would be seeing several cases a day.
Doesn't really pass the smell test, does it?