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A lady is suing the makers of fashionable medication Ozempic and Mounjaro over claims that they did not warn sufferers in regards to the severity of sure gastrointestinal unwanted effects.
Jaclyn Bjorklund, 44, of Louisiana, alleged within the lawsuit that Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly “downplayed the severity of gastrointestinal occasions attributable to Ozempic and Mounjaro, by no means, for instance, warning of the chance of gastroparesis (“paralyzed abdomen”) or gastroenteritis.”
Bjorklund, who used Ozempic for greater than a 12 months earlier than switching to Mounjaro final month, alleged she was “severely injured consequently” of utilizing each medication, the swimsuit acknowledged.
Ozempic and Mounjaro are injectable prescription drugs which might be used to enhance blood sugar management in adults with Kind 2 diabetes along with food plan and train. Nonetheless, they’ve surged in reputation after celebrities and different high-profile figures touted their weight reduction results.
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Novo Nordisk manufactures Ozempic, the model title for semaglutide, and Eli Lilly manufactures Mounjaro, the model title for tirzepatide.
The lawsuit alleges each drugmakers “knew of the affiliation between the usage of GLP-1 receptor agonists and the chance of creating extreme gastrointestinal points, together with gastroparesis and gastroenteritis,” and that their “failure to reveal info that they possessed concerning the affiliation between the usage of GLP-1 receptor agonists and the chance of creating extreme gastrointestinal points, together with gastroparesis and gastroenteritis, rendered the warnings for this treatment insufficient.”
This {photograph} taken on Feb. 23, 2023, in Paris, reveals the anti-diabetic treatment Ozempic made by Danish pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk. (JOEL SAGET/AFP by way of Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Gastroparesis is a situation that slows or stops the motion of meals from the abdomen to the small gut, based on the Nationwide Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Ailments. The dysfunction can be referred to as delayed gastric emptying.
Signs embody trigger nausea, vomiting, belly ache, belly bloating, a sense of fullness after consuming only a few bites and vomiting undigested meals, based on the Mayo Clinic. There isn’t any treatment for the situation, the Mayo Clinic mentioned.
Viral gastroenteritis – in any other case often known as abdomen flu – is an intestinal an infection and causes signs reminiscent of watery diarrhea, abdomen cramps, nausea or vomiting and generally fever, based on the Mayo Clinic. Nonetheless, the swimsuit claims that “gastroenteritis may additionally be attributable to ingesting drugs.”
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Bjorklund claims she suffered “extreme gastrointestinal occasions, which resulted in, for instance, extreme vomiting, abdomen ache, gastrointestinal burning,” in addition to being hospitalized for abdomen points on a number of events together with visits to the emergency room after utilizing the drugs.
A lady holds a Mounjaro injectible pen at her residence in Carlsbad, California, on Nov. 30, 2022. (Sandy Huffaker for The Washington Publish by way of Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
The swimsuit additionally claimed that Bjorklund’s enamel began “falling out attributable to extreme vomiting, requiring extra drugs to alleviate her extreme vomiting” and that she would throw up “entire meals hours after consuming.”
Novo Nordisk instructed FOX Enterprise that gastrointestinal occasions “are well-known unwanted effects of the GLP-1 class.” Moreover, the vast majority of gastrointestinal unwanted effects – for semaglutide particularly – “are gentle to reasonable in severity and of quick length.”
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“GLP-1’s are identified to trigger a delay in gastric emptying, as famous within the label of every of our GLP-1 RA drugs,” the drugmaker mentioned. “Signs of delayed gastric emptying, nausea and vomiting are listed as unwanted effects.”
Whereas diabetes is a widely known danger issue of gastroparesis, “there are different danger elements that will enhance the chance of gastroparesis reminiscent of obese/weight problems, gender (feminine), virus an infection and nervous methods illness (Parkinson’s illness or a number of sclerosis),” the Novo Nordisk mentioned.
A pharmacist shows bins of Ozempic, a semaglutide injection drug used for treating Kind 2 diabetes and made by Novo Nordisk, at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, Might 29, 2023. (Reuters/George Frey / Reuters Pictures)
Each Novo Nordisk and Lilly reiterated that they’re frequently monitoring the protection of the medication.
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“Affected person security is Lilly’s high precedence, and we actively have interaction in monitoring, evaluating and reporting security info for all our medicines,” a spokesperson for Lilly instructed FOX Enterprise.
Novo mentioned it is “repeatedly monitoring the protection profile of our merchandise and collaborate intently with authorities to make sure affected person security, together with sufficient info on gastrointestinal unwanted effects within the label.”
