Thousands Sue Weight Loss Drug Manufacturers With Serious Harm AllegationsBy Anthony Yates Thousands of people have come forward alleging serious harm caused by GLP-1 weight loss drugs. Those products include Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro. According to a report by USA Today, at least 4,400 people have filed lawsuits since the first was filed in 2023. Those suits are now part of a consolidated federal and state litigation and target two drugmakers: Novo Nordisk, which manufactures Ozempic, and Eli Lilly, which makes Trulicity, Mounjaro, and Zepbound. The companies reportedly said they refute the allegations and will defend the safety of their products. The USA Today report focuses on three troubling cases in the growing lawsuit. 63-year-old Todd Engel was using Ozempic to manage his diabetes. However, he told the outlet that he lost vision in one eye after using the drug for four months. His medication reportedly never came up as a potential cause of his sight loss, and he lost vision in his other eye months later. 72-year-old JoHelen McClain reportedly used Wegovy in November 2023, aiming to shed a few pounds. In March 2024, she heard a noise like a "balloon popping," which she later discovered was the sound of her colon rupturing. USA Today also interviewed Mark Smith. He told the outlet that his wife, 62-year-old Robin Smith, was taking Mounjaro for weight loss. She reportedly visited the hospital twice for vomiting. Her doctor suggested she stop using the drug, but her problems persisted. Days later, doctors diagnosed her with Wernicke's encephalopathy, which the outlet explains is a neurological condition caused by a lack of thiamine or Vitamin B1. It's often linked to malnutrition. The outlet points out that an estimated 12% of Americans use GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and that the plaintiff's account for a small percentage of users. USA Today also cites a 2024 court filing by the two drug companies. They explain that the known risks are reflected in FDA-approved labeling, which the FDA has reviewed more than 40 times. USA Today details a Gallup Study, which claims that the usage of GLP-1 drugs doubled between 2024 and 2025.Chief of Research and Development at the St. Louis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Ziyad Al-Aly, reportedly stated that no medicine is risk-free. However, he believes the benefits outweigh the risks for most patients. Legal challenges are expected to take several years. ARTICLE SOURCE: https://screenrant.com/thousands-sue-weight-loss-drug-manufacturers/
Ok all my prayer warriors I need you.
Shortly before my FIL passed about a year ago we took my MIL in to live with us. She could only get around with the aid of a walker and could no longer take care of herself let alone her husband. Well in the last month or so we’ve noticed her getting weaker and last week she lost the ability to walk so she has been bedridden since then. Three days ago she lost the ability to feed herself. Since yesterday she has become disoriented and incoherent. As of today she was put on comfort meds and all other meds were stopped. So we are on death watch now.
So I ask you, my carnivore family, to lift up Shirley Castor in prayer as she goes to be with her savior. We are not sad about her upcoming death. We rejoice and are happy for her as she has looked forward to sitting at the Lord’s table for a long time now. This is a wonderful woman that has been a faithful servant of the Lord her entire life and I know she has stored up treasures in because she has few down here.
I love Shirley dearly as if she was my own mother and I thank my Lord for the opportunity and blessing to have been able to take her into my home and care for her in her final days. She has always been an inspiration, a mentor and a Godly example for me to follow and learn from. She is one of the biggest influences I had in my life that brought me to the cross. I am truly thankful to have known her and I am honored to be ministering to her till the end.
Help send her on her way. I ask that she go peacefully and pain free.
We will miss her dearly.
If there is someone in your life that you love or care about, cherish them and let them know they are loved.
If I Knew
If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, for your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug, and kiss, and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time l'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would videotape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day, well I'm sure you'll have so many more, so I can let this one slip away. For surely there's always tomorrow to make up for an over site, and we always get a second chance to make everything just right.
There will always be another day to say "I LOVE YOU" and certainly there's another chance to say
"ANYTHING I CAN DO?"
But just in case I might be wrong, and today is all I get, ld like to say how much I LOVE YOU and hope we never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike, and today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight.
So if you are waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today?
For.... if tomorrow never comes you'll surely regret the day that you didn't take the extra time for a smile, a hug, or a kiss, and you were too busy to grant someone, what turned out to be their last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today, and whisper in their ear, tell them how much you LOVE them and that you'll always hold them dear.
Take time to say, "I'M SORRY, "PLEASE FORGIVE ME," "THANK YOU," or "IT'S OKAY," and if tomorrow never comes, you will feel better knowing you have done all those things you had "INTENDED TO DO" today.........
Know TODAY there is someone who loves you.....