Acute Small Bowel Obstruction Induced by Tirzepatide (Mounjaro)
Pragya Bhandari, Anuva Ray, Prashant Bhatt, Suhail Sapkota, Shreebridhi Pande, Sadia Mustarin, Nirmal Guragai, Khalid Aziz · 2026
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Pragya Bhandari and co-authors report a 2026 case of a 50-year-old woman who developed an acute small bowel blockage after three months on tirzepatide, a diabetes and weight drug sold as Mounjaro. She had insulin-treated diabetes, nerve damage, and obesity, and her dose had risen to a weekly level. She arrived with severe belly pain, vomiting, swelling, and fainting.
Scans confirmed the blockage but found no tear, dead tissue, mass, or clear pinch point, and no other cause was found. A nose tube, bowel rest, and fluids brought rapid relief. The drug was stopped and no return came in two months. The authors warn that slowed gut motion from such drugs can rarely cause this.
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| CREATOR | Pragya Bhandari, Anuva Ray, Prashant Bhatt, Suhail Sapkota, Shreebridhi Pande, Sadia Mustarin, Nirmal Guragai, Khalid Aziz |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14052 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |