There was also a higher risk of incidence of biliary disease, but the researchers said it was not statistically significant. Although these side effects are rare, the studys authors said because millions of people around the world use the drugs, it could lead to hundreds of thousands of people experiencing these conditions. Get weekly health news The exact number of Canadians using these weight loss drugs is not known, but Ozempic has become so popular that in August, its manufacturer, Novo Nordisk, announced a shortage of the medication in Canada
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Adverse events leading to dose reduction: 18.5% vs 12.4% Adverse events leading to permanent discontinuation: 5.4% vs 4.0% As a reminder, these are people who signed up to be in a trial of weight loss medications, they went through an informed consent process and they are, in theory, quite motivated and 4-5% permanently discontinued the medication because of adverse events and 12-18.5% reduced their dose and thats just in 72 weeks
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