Data collected from a number of clinical trials found that despite recent “buzz,” there is no significant link between GLP-1 receptor agonists and the progression of diabetic retinopathy, according to a speaker.“These medications have been labeled not to be good for patients who have preexisting diabetic retinopathy, but I don’t think that is fair,” Majda Hadziahmetovic, MD, associate professor of ophthalmology at Duke University, said during a virtual presentation at Real World Ophthalmology. “Those conclusions actually came from two main clinical trials, and both of those clinical trials
