Semaglutide Inducing Resolution of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: A Case Report
Daniel Cool, James Coventon, Abhishek Sharma · 2024
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Daniel Cool and co-authors report an unexpected eye recovery in a 2024 case report. A forty-seven-year-old woman with hard-to-control type 2 diabetes arrived with proliferative retinopathy in her right eye, the advanced stage where fragile new vessels threaten sight, and severe disease in the left.
She missed her laser treatment appointment, and in the meantime her doctor started semaglutide, the weekly diabetes and weight drug. Six weeks later the abnormal vessels had regressed and her retinal swelling had improved, despite little change in blood sugar control. The authors raise the possibility that the drug protects the retina directly, beyond glucose.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Daniel Cool, James Coventon, Abhishek Sharma |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |