Research Links Ozempic to Increased Risk of Blood Clots The medical community has been exploring how Ozempic may cause blood clots in people who take the drug for diabetes or weight loss
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Key Facts Some 3,000 participants with Type 2 diabetes and opioid use disorder were prescribed semaglutide and another 29,972 were prescribed other diabetic medications between December 2017 and December 2023, according to the study published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open
More serious but less common adverse effects can include pancreatitis and gallbladder problems
There was some evidence of asymmetry for MACE (Egger test, P = 0.059), suggesting a potential threat of publication bias