Medicine’s Rong Xu weighs in on reports linking Ozempic and similar drugs to suicidal thoughts

FDA finds no evidence that Ozempic, similar drugs cause suicidal thoughts in preliminary evaluation

CNNRong Xu, professor at the School of Medicine, explained how the reports U.S. and European regulators were looking into that found drugs like Ozempic could cause suicidal thoughts were “case reports,” and that “to derive a conclusion, you really need to perform a head-to-head comparison between similar patients.”