The medications are used to treat Type 2 diabetes and have become popular weight-loss drugs.
, alleging the companies have"downplayed" the severity of side effects caused by the medications and asserting she was “severely injured” from taking them.
Bjorklund, 44, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2017 and used Ozempic for more than one year, then stopped and switched to Mounjaro in July 2023 — with both drugs prescribed by her doctors to control her blood sugar, according to As a result, she suffered from “severe gastrointestinal events,” including severe vomiting, throwing up food hours after eating, , gastrointestinal burning, hospitalizations for stomach issues and teeth falling out because of excessive vomiting, the lawsuit states.
A spokesperson for Eli Lilly did not respond to an NBC News request for comment on the lawsuit. Natalia Salomao, a spokesperson for Novo Nordisk, said gastroparesis is a known risk for people with diabetes.
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