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Friends using Ozempic-type drugs for weight loss have been talking about an unexpected side effect — as well as being far ...

Research hints that medications like Zepbound and Wegovy could provide new ways to treat opioid and alcohol abuse.

Blockbuster diabetes and weight loss drugs, known as ... in the scientific journal Addiction. In a retrospective study, researchers found that patients with opioid use disorder who had a GLP ...

The study used a large data set ... Gounder says it's possible we'll see these drugs prescribed primarily for addiction treatment in the future, but more study is needed. "We would need to ...

Continuing in a dangerous pattern of chronic drug use is irrational and ... who have long-standing, chronic addiction, but there is a role for compulsory treatment to play in this population ...

A new study provides more evidence that glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) used to ... and similar drugs might one day be prescribed to help people with addiction.” ...

On Thursday, the journal Addiction published a study that examined the medical records of half a million people with opioid use disorder and found that those who were taking GLP-1 drugs ...

While Hendershot agrees that the drugs might eventually prove useful in treating addiction, he says it’s too soon to endorse that kind of off-label use. He notes that the new findings were based ...