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'Very rare' Ozempic link to vision loss, EU drug regulator finds

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The European Medicines Agency’s safety committee found that an eye condition called NAION is a “very rare” side effect of semaglutide.

NAION occurs when a loss of blood flow damages the optic nerve, and is most common in people over the age of 50 .

It could affect as many as 1 in 10,000 people taking the medicines, it said Friday .

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