General Medical issues thread

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Ozempic
1:10000 risk of non arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy NAION
Who alert

NAION =sudden painless vision loss generally in one eye . Likely irreversible

 

[RooFlyer]

Ozempic
1:10000 risk

Considering the number of people on it worldwide that’s going to be a lot of cases.

 

[Pushka]

Too much water in system rather than not enough sodium.

I'm on diuretic. No signs of swelling in ankles. If anything I'd be dehydrated.

 

[drron]

Diuret

I'm on diuretic. No signs of swelling in ankles. If anything I'd be dehydrated.

diuretics can certainly cause hyponatraemia. Sometimes severe.

 

[Quickstatus]

I'm on diuretic

That's the other common reason