The weight-management drug Wegovy has become widely used and now comes in a convenient pill form — but recently, a study flagged that the popular medication may carry a risk of "eye stroke," also called ischemic optic neuropathy (ION), which can cause rapid vision loss.
But Wegovy users shouldn't panic, experts told Live Science. For now, the link between the drug and eye stroke is far from confirmed and the overall rate of the condition is extremely low. In the study, published in March in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, ION occurred in less than 1% of patients who reported experiencing side effects when taking Wegovy.
