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Doctors delay surgery for patients on GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic over increased risk of pulmonary aspiration

2025-12-22 229 Dailymotion

Doctors are having to delay surgery for an increasing number of patients who are on Ozempic-like drugs. Anaesthetists say the medications put patients at risk when they fail to declare they are on medications before showing up for surgery. President of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists David Story says there's many factors in why patients don't reveal Ozempic use.