Ozempic death - ileus

[Anonymous]

Dead for wanting to fit into a dress for her daughter’s wedding.

A spokesperson for Novo Nordisk say the complication of ileus was only spotted after 'post-marketing authorization', or when the drug was rolled out to shelves.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12716307/Dying-Mother-56-took-Ozempic-slim-daughters-wedding-DIES-blocked-bowel-months-vomiting-diarrhea.html?ico=related-replace

[Anonymous]

So, she kept taking Ozempic and Saxenda, while vomiting and ill, for FIVE MONTHS?

It's not like it was a sudden death-she had a problem for FIVE MONTHS. And kept taking the meds even when drs told her not to.

Can't blame the meds for this.

[Anonymous]

Very sad, poor thing.

[Anonymous]

It's a diabetes drug she was taking off-label, and she ignored side effects. There's nothing to "look into" here.

I'm sorry she died but this is not the fault if the pharmaceutical company. She took a huge risk.

[Anonymous]

Whoever was prescribing this to her should have been asking about her side effects and bowel patterns at each visit. It’s a known side effect that can be managed with proper care.

[Anonymous]

This will become more common, at the rate the drug is being prescribed, for certain.

[Anonymous]

Doctors need to be careful prescribing this off label!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a diabetes drug she was taking off-label, and she ignored side effects. There's nothing to "look into" here.

I'm sorry she died but this is not the fault if the pharmaceutical company. She took a huge risk.

It may have been technically off label if you want to be pedantic about it, but she took an FDA approved drug for weight loss. She took a drug that is marketed and indicated both for weight loss and diabetes. It wasn’t somehow more risky because the pen she used said “Ozempic” on it and not “Wegovy.” The same would have happened had she taken Wegovy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a diabetes drug she was taking off-label, and she ignored side effects. There's nothing to "look into" here.

I'm sorry she died but this is not the fault if the pharmaceutical company. She took a huge risk.

It may have been technically off label if you want to be pedantic about it, but she took an FDA approved drug for weight loss. She took a drug that is marketed and indicated both for weight loss and diabetes. It wasn’t somehow more risky because the pen she used said “Ozempic” on it and not “Wegovy.” The same would have happened had she taken Wegovy.

she took it against doctors instructions and after severe side effects. There are plenty of drugs that cause harm if taken this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This will become more common, at the rate the drug is being prescribed, for certain.

"More common" but extremely rare. You forgot that part. There are 8 billion people on this planet. Large numbers mean that anything that can happen almost certainly will happen at some point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doctors need to be careful prescribing this off label!

Don't panic, PP. It's not especially dangerous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a diabetes drug she was taking off-label, and she ignored side effects. There's nothing to "look into" here.

I'm sorry she died but this is not the fault if the pharmaceutical company. She took a huge risk.

It may have been technically off label if you want to be pedantic about it, but she took an FDA approved drug for weight loss. She took a drug that is marketed and indicated both for weight loss and diabetes. It wasn’t somehow more risky because the pen she used said “Ozempic” on it and not “Wegovy.” The same would have happened had she taken Wegovy.

she took it against doctors instructions and after severe side effects. There are plenty of drugs that cause harm if taken this way.

Where does it say she took it against doctors instructions?

[Anonymous]

All medications come with risks. I feel horrible for her that she felt she needed to do this, and all for a stupid dress. That said she ignored every sign her body was showing her. So avoidable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dead for wanting to fit into a dress for her daughter’s wedding.

A spokesperson for Novo Nordisk say the complication of ileus was only spotted after 'post-marketing authorization', or when the drug was rolled out to shelves.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12716307/Dying-Mother-56-took-Ozempic-slim-daughters-wedding-DIES-blocked-bowel-months-vomiting-diarrhea.html?ico=related-replace

She’s dead because she abused drugs. Plain and simple. Just another day.

[Anonymous]

I’m on Wegovy, which is Ozempic for obesity. And I understand the urge to stay on something that works. But, it’s a serious med, and you need to regularly check in with your doctor and *be honest about side effects*. And definitely not keep taking it with “months” of vomiting and diarrhea. If you are having those side effects regularly, you need to talk to your MD and go to a lower dose or discontinue. And if you still have symptoms after doing that, get a GI workup.

Any drug has side effects. And unless you are doing something like chemo where the benefit in terms of saving your life this year— not 20 years for being overweight from now- clearly outweighs the cost, if those side effects are as severe as this woman’s and you ignore them, any drug can kill you. Take too much Tylenol and your liver fails.

She was reckless. And almost certainly not completely honest with her doctor if he kept prescribing the meds. Or her doctor committed malpractice.

Plus, her husband and family “believe” Ozempic caused her death. It certainly could have if she ignored severe GI symptoms for that long. But, a certain percentage of people believe the Earth is flat and the moon landing was faked. “Believed” is not an ME or similar saying that Ozempic or complications that are or probably are related to Ozempic were the cause.

These drugs are life changing (and potentially life saving) for obese people. But they have side effects. And while generally safe, they are not 100% complication free. People who get a years supply via telehealth and never heck in with a doctor baffle me. You care about your health enough to spend the money and time and deal with side effects to take these drugs. But not enough to work with a doctor— and preferably a bariatrician and nutritionist- to do so safely? I don’t get it.