American Academy of Ophthalmology

Rule Changes

Told patients not to stop medication without consulting a doctor

On November 9, the US Food and Drug Administration told every maker of a GLP-1 drug to add a warning about a rare eye condition to its label. The condition is nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION: a loss of blood flow to the optic nerve that can permanently blind one eye, usually without pain.

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