More patients come forward with stories about the pains they've suffered since beginning Ozempic, joining a growing number of people suing pharma companies that produce these drugs.
READ MORE: Mom of three beganWhen Monica Church was prescribed Ozempic to treat her diabetes in October 2023, she was told it would help ease her symptoms.
Robert King, a New York based attorney representing 400 different patients, told DailyMail.com that stomach issues are by far the most common complaint. Jacqueline Barber of Louisville, Kentucky slept on the couch with a garbage can next to her for about a year. She lost 140 lbs, her teeth began crumbling because of the stomach acid in her comit and she became so weak that she had to use a walker to get aroundOzempic, and other drugs like Mounjaro, Wegovy and Trulicity, are a class of drugs called GLP-1 agonist.
Mr King said that these lawsuits began in the fall of 2023, but in the past year, the number of people joining litigation have been steadily climbing. She said: 'I couldn’t eat anything. I couldn’t drink anything. I had such burning in my stomach and in my chest that nothing helped.' Gastroparesis can become so severe that it threatens your life, as in the case of Louisville’s Jacqueline Barber, 49. Barber told Time that her doctor said it would 'work wonders' for her diabetes.
Florida man Roderick Shirely, 83 began taking Ozempic in 2022 on the advice of his endocrinologist. At first, he tolerated it well.
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