Weight loss drugs allegedly landed this woman in the hospital, prompting lawsuit about drug label warnings

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Doctors found parts of her large intestine had died and needed to be removed. While recovering from surgery, she went into cardiac arrest, prompting the hospital to call her daughter to warn that her mother could die.

"Breaks my heart that my daughter got that phone call," Gantt said, holding back tears. "Horrible."

With her colon gone, Gantt now lives with an ileostomy bag attached to her abdomen at all times to collect waste.

"I had no warning that this was even a possibility," she said.

She's now suing prescription drugmaker Novo Nordisk, claiming its drug labels do not adequately warn patients and doctors about potentially serious side effects, including gastroparesis or stomach paralysis, and bowel obstruction.

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Gastroparesis is a well-known side-effect of GLP-1 Agonists.

 

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Gastroparesis is a well-known side-effect of GLP-1 Agonists.

Almost wonder if the doctor took proper precaution before prescribing the drug.

 

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Almost wonder if the doctor took proper precaution before prescribing the drug.

Not really sure what precautions the doctor could take, Ozempic works by slowing the digestion of food in your stomach, it can slow it down to the point of paralysis.. It's just a mechanism of action of the drug