Ozempic’s Potential Side Effects & Risks
In March 2022, a warning about gallbladder disease was added to Ozempic’s label. In September 2023, the FDA added a new warning to Ozempic’s label about the risk of ileus.
Research has linked GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic or Wegovy to increased risk of gastroparesis, cyclic vomiting syndrome, gallbladder diseases, and ileus.
Gastroparesis
Also known as stomach paralysis, gastroparesis is a disorder that slows or stops the movement of food from your stomach to your small intestine. This can happen even when there isn’t a blockage. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, and feeling full after starting a meal and long after finishing a meal.
GLP-1 users often report experiencing gastroparesis symptoms even after they stop taking the medication.
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
CVS is a disorder that causes repeated episodes of being sick and feeling sick. People with CVS typically vomit repeatedly or feel nausea often. Symptoms include nauseous feelings and extended periods of vomiting; these could be hours or even days of vomiting. Someone with CVS will go through four distinct phases: feeling ill, vomiting, recovering, and then feeling well.
Gallbladder Diseases
Some Ozempic users have reported gallbladder issues since taking the GLP-1 medication before March 2022. The afflictions vary, but some users reported cases of cancer, gallstones, or inflammation. Your gallbladder is a small organ on the right side of your body. It’s located just below your liver. It holds your body’s bile, a digestive fluid released into your small intestine.
Gallstones
Gallstones are hardened deposits of bile that can form in the gallbladder. They can range in size and number. They can cause a blockage. Symptoms include sudden and intense pain in the upper right or center of your abdomen, pain between your shoulder blades, or nausea and vomiting. Severe cases may require the removal of your gallbladder.
Cholecystitis
Also called gallbladder inflammation, cholecystitis is a redness or swelling of the gallbladder. It happens after bile becomes trapped in the organ. It can be sudden or long-term. Symptoms include intense pain in your abdomen, nausea, vomiting, fever, jaundice, runny bowel movements, or belly bloating.
Ileus
A digestive disorder, ileus acts like a blockage, preventing the passage of food, fluids, digestive secretions, and gas through the intestines. There aren’t any actual blockages. Symptoms include abdominal bloating, pain, nausea, vomiting, severe constipation, loss of appetite, and cramps.
Vision Loss (NAION)
Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION, is a condition that reduces blood flow to the optic nerve and can cause sudden, painless vision loss in one eye. Researchers have reported a possible association between semaglutide use and NAION, and it has become a recognized injury in the GLP-1 litigation. Because the resulting vision loss is often permanent, NAION claims are being handled in their own federal track separate from the gastrointestinal cases. If you experienced sudden vision changes or loss after starting Ozempic or another GLP-1 drug, you should be evaluated by a doctor and may have grounds for a claim.
Intraoperative Pulmonary Aspiration
Taking these medications has been known to increase the risk of anesthesia-related aspiration, which makes any thoracic surgery more dangerous to complete.
Mental Health Side Effects
The FDA is monitoring reports that those who took Ozempic experienced an increased risk of thoughts of self-harm and suicidal thoughts. Several users have reported feeling overwhelmed and anxious and an increase in mental health problems since taking the drug.
Possible Ozempic Compensation
No two cases are the same, but you deserve the chance to recover financially from your losses.
Your potential recovery from a legal claim or lawsuit connected to an Ozempic-related gastroparesis, CVS, gallbladder disease, vision loss, or death may include your past & future medical expenses, lost income, pain & suffering, mental anguish, punitive damages, and wrongful death damages.
Medical Expenses
You or a loved one may be taking Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs for an existing medical condition. It’s possible that you may be suffering from adverse side effects even if you stop taking the medication. You could pursue compensation for costs associated with your medical care. That includes your current and future medical expenses the medication has caused.
That may include the expense of monitoring your condition or treating it. Some cases required gastric bypass surgery to achieve some relief.
Lost Income
Some Ozempic users have reported they have missed work because of their condition after taking the GLP-1 medication. Cycles of constant vomiting interfered with their ability to work. If you are experiencing similar issues, you may be eligible for compensation.
Pain & Suffering
Users experiencing adverse side effects of Ozempic and GLP-1 treatments have reported extreme physical pain and mental suffering. If you are experiencing mental anguish after taking Ozempic, you may be able to pursue compensation. Talking to an experienced drug lawsuit attorney at KNR can help you calculate your losses accurately.
Indemnización punitiva
In cases of extreme negligence, a court may award a plaintiff punitive damages. These apply in certain cases. These damages are not intended to compensate you but to punish the defendant for their negligent or reckless actions. In this case, drug manufacturers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly and Co. have been named in current lawsuits.
Reclamaciones por muerte por negligencia
In instances when Ozempic’s side effects can be linked to someone’s death, their surviving family may be able to pursue a wrongful death claim. These claims can hold a liable party responsible for their negligent actions that led to a loved one’s death. Talk to our Ohio wrongful death attorneys to discuss your case’s legitimacy.
Not sure whether your injuries qualify? Call KNR at 1-800-HURT-NOW for a free, no-obligation case evaluation, and we will review what happened and explain your options.
Ohio Ozempic Lawsuit Deadlines and Filing
If you live in Ohio, strict deadlines apply, and most claims are filed into the federal GLP-1 litigation rather than a class action.
Ohio sets a time limit, called a statute of limitations, on how long you have to bring a product-liability or personal-injury claim. Under Ohio Revised Code 2305.10, most bodily-injury claims, including those involving a defective or dangerous drug, must generally be filed within two years of when the injury was discovered or reasonably should have been discovered. If a loved one died from a GLP-1 related injury, Ohio Revised Code 2125.02 generally gives the family two years from the date of death to bring a wrongful death claim.
When an injured Ohioan brings a GLP-1 claim today, it is typically filed in or transferred into the federal multidistrict litigation rather than pursued as a class action. In an MDL, your case stays an individual lawsuit with its own facts and damages, but it is coordinated with thousands of similar cases for efficient pretrial handling. Because these deadlines can be complicated and fact-specific, it is best to speak with an attorney promptly so you do not lose your right to file.
Ozempic Lawsuit Status and Timeline
2026: Cases Continue to Grow in the GLP-1 MDL
As of June 1, 2026, roughly 3,763 cases were pending in MDL No. 3094, the consolidated federal GLP-1 gastrointestinal-injury litigation in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania before Judge Karen S. Marston. New cases continue to be filed each month as more patients come forward. No global settlement has been reached.
December 2025: Separate MDL Created for Vision Loss
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation created a separate proceeding, MDL No. 3163, for GLP-1 NAION vision-loss claims, centralized in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and also assigned to Judge Marston. The panel kept the vision-loss cases on their own docket rather than folding them into the gastrointestinal MDL.
August 2025: Motion to Dismiss Largely Denied
On August 15, 2025, Judge Marston largely denied the drugmakers’ motion to dismiss the master complaint, allowing the plaintiffs’ key failure-to-warn and related claims to move forward in the gastrointestinal-injury MDL.
February 2024: GLP-1 Cases Consolidated as MDL No. 3094
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated the federal Ozempic and GLP-1 gastrointestinal-injury lawsuits into MDL No. 3094, In Re: Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1 RAs) Products Liability Litigation, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. A master complaint followed as the cases were coordinated for pretrial proceedings.
January 2024: FDA Evaluating Additional Reports
The FDA announced it had started evaluating reports of hair loss, suicidal thoughts, and aspiration under sedation and anesthesia among Ozempic and other GLP-1 users. Several reports were made to the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System database.
December 2023: Early Dismissal Motion Addressed
A judge overseeing an early claim against drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk denied much of the company’s dismissal motion while dismissing certain express warranty claims. Plaintiff lawyers filed a motion to consolidate Ozempic cases as the litigation grew.
August 2023: One of the Earliest Gastroparesis Lawsuits Filed
One of the earliest Ozempic and Mounjaro gastroparesis lawsuits was filed by Jaclyn Bjorklund. Summonses were issued to Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly and Co. on August 3.
August 2022: Early Gallbladder Claims Begin
Lawyers began accepting Ozempic gallbladder lawsuits after a research letter was published linking increased risk of gallbladder disease and gallstones to Ozempic use. Separately, judges centralized patent-infringement lawsuits by Novo Nordisk against generic drug makers into multidistrict litigation in Delaware.
Ozempic Lawsuit FAQ
Do I qualify for an Ozempic lawsuit in Ohio?
You may qualify if you took Ozempic or another GLP-1 drug, such as Wegovy, Rybelsus, Mounjaro, Trulicity, or Saxenda, and were later diagnosed with a serious injury like gastroparesis, ileus, gallbladder disease, or NAION vision loss. Eligibility depends on your medical records, how long you used the drug, and when you were diagnosed. The best way to know is to have an attorney review your situation at no cost.
Is the Ozempic lawsuit a class action or an MDL?
The federal Ozempic and GLP-1 cases are organized as multidistrict litigation, not a class action. In an MDL, your lawsuit remains your own individual case with its own facts and damages, but it is grouped with similar cases for coordinated pretrial proceedings. The gastrointestinal-injury cases sit in MDL No. 3094, and the NAION vision-loss cases are in a separate MDL.
How long do I have to file an Ozempic lawsuit in Ohio?
Ohio generally gives you two years to file a personal-injury claim under Ohio Revised Code 2305.10, and two years to file a wrongful death claim under Ohio Revised Code 2125.02. The clock can start when the injury is discovered, which makes these deadlines fact-specific. To protect your rights, it is important to talk with an attorney as soon as possible.
Has there been an Ozempic settlement yet?
No global Ozempic or GLP-1 settlement has been reached. The litigation is still moving through pretrial proceedings in federal court, and the number of pending cases continues to grow. Any figures you may see described online as potential settlement values are estimates from commentators, not court-ordered awards.
What injuries qualify for an Ozempic or GLP-1 lawsuit?
Injuries commonly raised in GLP-1 lawsuits include gastroparesis (stomach paralysis), cyclic vomiting syndrome, ileus and bowel obstruction, gallbladder disease, and NAION vision loss. Wrongful death claims may apply when one of these injuries contributed to a death. An attorney can tell you whether your specific diagnosis fits the current litigation.
Call KNR’s Ozempic Attorneys
If you or a loved one took Ozempic or another GLP-1 medication before you developed gastroparesis, vision loss, or another serious injury, let KNR assess your damages and eligibility for compensation. As experienced Ohio mass tort and class action lawyers, we can help secure what you are entitled to without risk or up-front cost. We also handle related claims, including Paraquat lawsuit claims and Elmiron lawsuit claims.
Contact us today at 1-800-HURT-NOW to schedule a free case evaluation.
