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GLP-1 Meds Linked to 265 Reports to FDA of Suicidal Ideation: Reuters

The FDA says it is looking into reports related to semaglutide and liraglutide, branded for weight loss and diabetes.
Since 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration has received 265 reports of suicidal ideation in patients taking a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist marketed for diabetes or weight loss, a Reuters analysis has found.
Moreover, Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer of semaglutide (Wegovy/Ozempic) and liraglutide (Saxenda/Victoza), was responsible for filing 180 of the reports to American regulators. Tirzepatide (Mounjaro), the GLP-1 receptor agonist sold by Eli Lily, also was named in the adverse event reports.
Demand for GLP-1 receptor agonists is soaring, particularly for weight loss, with cardiologists excited about the implications for cardiovascular health. Top-line results from the SELECT trial were released last month showing that semaglutide 2.4 mg reduces the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in adults with overweight or obesity; full findings are due out at the upcoming American Heart Association 2023 Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia, PA.
According to Reuters journalists Robin Respaut and Chad Terhune, 36 of the documents filed with the FDA involved deaths due to suicide or suspected suicide. “In a statement to Reuters, the FDA said it is evaluating such reports and will decide on what action, if any, to take after a thorough review,” their news story notes.
As reported by TCTMD, the European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) announced in July that it was investigating reports of suicidal thoughts or thoughts of self-harm after three patients taking liraglutide or semaglutide in Iceland reported thinking about suicide or self-injury. Regulators in Canada and the UK are also reviewing the drugs for suicidal ideation, the Reuters article notes.
For their story, Respaut and Terhune filed public records requests to obtain 113 more-detailed descriptions for individual incidents within the 265 database reports. These indicate that suicidal thoughts typically surfaced around the time patients started on the agents, or increased their dosage, as noted in more than half of the “narrative summaries.” One-fifth of these 113 more-detailed summaries—91 of which were filed by Novo Nordisk—mentioned that the suicidal thinking disappeared when patients stopped taking the agent or lowered their dose.
The Reuters story notes that the possibility of suicidal thinking is specifically mentioned in the labelling for the weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Saxenda, but not on the label for Ozempic, which is the brand name of the formulation indicated for diabetes.
Statements from both Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly cited in the article emphasize that the companies take all reports of adverse events very seriously.

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Missing teen surfer found alive on remote island miles from shore: 'Didn't give up hope'

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A surfer who went missing after paddling out in the ocean Wednesday afternoon was located the next day on a remote island roughly 8 miles from where his bicycle and clothes were found at a beach access point in New South Wales, Australia.
The New South Wales Police Force said in a news release Thursday morning the 19-year-old man, later identified as surfer Darcy Deefholts, had been located after being swept away and going missing the day before.
Police said Deefholts left his home in Wooli on a bicycle at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday toward Wooli Beach.
After failing to return home, concerned family members contacted police, and a search on land and sea commenced around Wooli Beach.
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An Australian surfer who went missing Wednesday was found Thursday on an island nearly 8 miles from shore. (Google Maps)
The next morning, Deefholts was located safely on a small island called North Solitary, about 8 miles southeast of Wooli Beach.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported Darcy’s father, Terry Deefholts, could not believe the news Darcy had been found at about 9 a.m. Thursday.
“It’s kind of surreal. I was at the point of thinking the absolute worst,” Terry Deefholts told the station. “I didn’t give up hope, but, jeez, I was close.”
Earlier in the day, the teenager was seen riding his bike around town and fishing at the Wooli breakwall.
Family members became concerned Wednesday night after Darcy’s clothes and bicycle were located at a beach access point in Wooli, just east of Grafton.
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An Australian surfer who went missing Wednesday was found on an island nearly 8 miles away off the coast of Wooli Beach in New South Wales July 10, 2025. (Google Earth)
Melissa Smith, a family member, told the station Darcy likely went out too far on his surfboard and could not get back to shore.
“He’s a survivor, a strong boy. He would have known that was a safe place, I guess,” she said.
ABC reported that family members believed Darcy had a Malibu surfboard with him, though his smartwatch and cellphone were left at home in Wooli.
Search efforts continued through about 1 a.m. Thursday and commenced at first light.
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Police joined search efforts after a 19-year-old surfer went missing at Wooli Beach in New South Wales, Australia. (iStock)
Thursday morning’s efforts included six private vessels and a Marine Rescue team, though what was puzzling to some was how calm the sea conditions were and the small amount of wind and swell.
“There is a fair bit of current running north to south further out, so I suspect he has ended up in [a] current and drifted south,” Marine Rescue skipper Matthew McLennan told ABC.
Later that morning, one of the search crews found Darcy and reported that he was cold and suffering from exposure, though he was not injured.
Darcy was transported to a nearby hospital after returning to shore.
A spokesperson from the local health district in Northern New South Wales said in a statement obtained by the station that Darcy was in stable condition and “in good spirits and being supported by family.”
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New amnesty law for human rights abuses in Peru prompts fury, action

Lawyers for victims of human rights abuses committed during Peru’s decades-long armed conflict have pledged to appeal to international bodies to overturn a law passed by the country’s Congress, which would grant amnesty to prosecuted military and police members, as well as other forces.
“We’re not only going to the domestic arena to seek its invalidation, but we’ve already taken some action at the international level,” lawyer Gloria Cano, director of the Pro Human Rights Association, said during a news conference on Thursday.
A congressional commission on Wednesday approved the bill granting amnesty to members of the armed forces, national police and local self-defence committees, said legislator Alejandro Cavero, third vice president of the country’s Congress.
Cano also said her association had already alerted the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and planned to go to the United Nations, as well.
After the Peruvian Congress passed the bill, Volker Turk, the UN’s national human rights coordinator, said on X that “impunity does not hide the crime, it magnifies it.”
Amnesty International earlier urged the legislature to side with victims and reject the bill. “The right to justice of thousands of victims of extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances, torture, and sexual violence would be violated,” the rights group said on X.
A coalition of human rights organisations in Peru said the new law could wipe out 156 convictions and another 600 cases that are being prosecuted.
The law, which awaits President Dina Boluarte’s approval, benefits uniformed personnel who were accused, are still being investigated or are being tried for crimes stemming from their participation in the country’s armed conflict from 1980 to 2000 against left-wing rebels. Boluarte has not made any comment on the amnesty, even before its passage.
The bill was presented by Congressman Fernando Rospigliosi, from the right-wing Popular Force party of Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the late former leader Alberto Fujimori.
Fujimori’s decade as president from 1990 was marked by ruthless governance.
He was jailed for atrocities – including the massacre of civilians by the army – but released from prison in 2023 on humanitarian grounds.
The new law specifies that a humanitarian amnesty will be granted to people more than 70 years old who have been sentenced or served a prison sentence.
Critics have warned that the legislation would hinder the search for truth about the period of violent conflict, which pitted state forces against Shining Path and Tupac Amaru rebels, and killed about 70,000 people.
“Granting amnesty to military and police officers cannot be a reason for impunity,” Congressman Alex Flores of the Socialist Party said during debate on the bill.
There have been numerous attempts in recent years to shield the military and police from prosecution in Peru for crimes committed during the conflict – but opponents of amnesty have found success before at international bodies.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has at least twice previously declared amnesty laws in Peru invalid for violating the right to justice and breaching international human rights standards.
Human rights advocates believe that Peru’s membership of the Inter-American System of Human Rights and the obligations this entails make the amnesty law unconstitutional.
Amnesty laws passed in 1995 in Peru shielded military and police personnel from prosecution for human rights abuses committed during the conflict, including massacres, torture, and forced disappearances.
Peru’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission found that the majority of the conflict’s victims were Indigenous Peruvians caught between security forces and the Shining Path. It also found that there are more than 4,000 clandestine graves across the country as a result of the two decades of political violence.
In August 2024, Peru adopted a statute of limitations for crimes against humanity committed before 2002, shutting down hundreds of investigations into alleged crimes committed during the conflict.
The initiative benefitted the late Fujimori and 600 prosecuted military personnel.
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