Sleep Apnea
Hi everyone, Just wonder among us who suffer NAION, how many have sleep apnea? My NO says Sleep Apnea is a contributing factor to NAION. Do you have untreated sleep apnea when you got NAION? Thanks
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Bestray Pty Ltd
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Re: A NAION After Visit Summary of Instructions (Pages 1-9 & 10))
Hi Debra, Sorry to hear you had a second attack in the other eye. Just want to know, do you have sleep apnea? If yes, do you use CPAP machine to treat the condition? Thanks Cliff
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Bestray Pty Ltd
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Re: A NAION After Visit Summary of Instructions (Pages 1-9 & 10))
Re Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Hello Deane, Yes, in my case there was definite improvement in both eyes, the eye with the current optic swelling and the eye that was 21 months out. HVF tests show both
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Debra B
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Re: 1 / DB: the print version of that YouTube video on NAION
KEY POINT IN ALL THIS .. after initial NAION attack .. patient IMMEDIATELY sought treatments .. IMHO, probably saved 50% of his vision in left eye ---
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Russ Poter <russpoter@...>
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Re: 1 / DB: the print version of that YouTube video on NAION
The patient in the YouTube video from Stanford Medical https://medicalgiving.stanford.edu/news/how-vision-loss-helped-me-see-the-world-in-a-new-light.html
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Russ Poter <russpoter@...>
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DB: the print version of that YouTube video on NAION
DB .. this is the print version of that YouTube video .. https://medicalgiving.stanford.edu/why-giving-matters/gaining-insight-into-vision-loss.html
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Russ Poter <russpoter@...>
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NAION & OZEMPIC: THE HARVARD MEDICAL INVESTIGATION
Specialists discuss concerns over impact of semaglutide on the eye | | | | | | | | | | | Specialists discuss concerns over impact of semaglutide on the eye A paper recently published in JAMA
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Russ Poter <russpoter@...>
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Re: A NAION After Visit Summary of Instructions (Pages 1-9 & 10))
Debra, ?Thanks for sharing. Very interesting! We all need more doctors that are not afraid to try a new approach. ?Did the hyperbaric oxygen treatment help both eyes? I'm sure we all would welcome a
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Deane Williams
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Re: A NAION After Visit Summary of Instructions (Pages 1-9 & 10))
Thank you Debra. Really appreciate it. [email protected]> wrote:
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eyenul
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A NAION After Visit Summary of Instructions (Pages 1-9 & 10))
Dear NIAON friends, Some Zoom participants on Saturday asked me to share with our email group what my Neuro-Ophthalmologist, Dr Y. Joyce Liao <https://youtu.be/rcvyqnVeDLk> recommended to me when I
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Debra B
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What smart medical doctors do NOT self-prescibe
https://www.goodrx.com/hcp-articles/providers/self-prescribing-laws-by-state They want to be HEALTHY
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Russ Poter <russpoter@...>
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Pros and Cons: Undoubtedly raises risk for NAION but the benefits are also very powerful; after talking to my Opthomologist I decided against taking Olympic, Wegovy etc. because of the admittedly small and not definitive risk to my good eye
https://www.onlymyhealth.com/breakthrough-trial-finds-weight-loss-drug-wegovy-also-treats-serious-liver-disease-12977830139
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Marc Gold
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Saturday NAION Zoom, May 3 (Details and Link within email)
*Join us for one hour Saturday May 3 as we meet our NAION friends around *Zoom **Room opens 15 min before your start time).*
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Debra B
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Re: "Ozempic, Wegovy took my vision, say grandma of 11 and NJ man ¡ª as more users report ¡®devastating¡¯ side effect"
Since my NAION attack .. I never take any Pharm .. without my M.D. comments. Full stop. Alternative to Ozempic? Oh .. exercise .. reduce fats and carbs ..
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Russ Poter <russpoter@...>
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Re: "Ozempic, Wegovy took my vision, say grandma of 11 and NJ man ¡ª as more users report ¡®devastating¡¯ side effect"
Agree! [email protected]> wrote:
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ReeRee
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Re: "Ozempic, Wegovy took my vision, say grandma of 11 and NJ man ¡ª as more users report ¡®devastating¡¯ side effect"
STONE-COLD REAL .. PHARMS carry risk. To think otherwise is to be absurd and nonsensical. Medicine is risk/reward. Nothing is 100%, except taxes and death. Ex: take a statin -- increase risk of
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Russ Poter <russpoter@...>
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Re: "Ozempic, Wegovy took my vision, say grandma of 11 and NJ man ¡ª as more users report ¡®devastating¡¯ side effect"
All so true. However, were I a person with one NAION eye already, you can be damned sure I wouldn¡¯t touch GLP-1¡¯s until there¡¯s an answer. ¡°Association¡± isn¡¯t causality, but it¡¯s enough
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Andrew Watson
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Re: "Ozempic, Wegovy took my vision, say grandma of 11 and NJ man ¡ª as more users report ¡®devastating¡¯ side effect"
Yes most of us know this is out there. As is the case with many new occurrences in medicine it¡¯s wise to be cautious as to committing your thoughts to one idea. Ozempic is a common factor as is
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GaryGBrown
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Re: "Ozempic, Wegovy took my vision, say grandma of 11 and NJ man ¡ª as more users report ¡®devastating¡¯ side effect"
Great information, thank you!
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Cathy Alder
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Re: "Ozempic, Wegovy took my vision, say grandma of 11 and NJ man ¡ª as more users report ¡®devastating¡¯ side effect"
My husband was taking Sexenda and lost vision in both eyes, 7 months apart. We flew down to Baskin Palmer Institute in Miami and saw two ocular neurologists. They both knew about the supposed
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Dina Zirlin
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