Can a Diabetes Pill Help Treat Alcohol Addiction?
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Medicines used to treat diabetes and obesity are helping scientists better understand how the desire to consume alcohol, food, and other substances works.
Drugs similar to Ozempic seem to go beyond the reduction of hunger, also indicating the ability to reduce compulsion by alcohol and other addictive substances, as recent discoveries have shown. Scientists are increasingly associating this effect with the lateral septum, an area of the brain that helps in the connection between memories and environments with rewarding experiences, [...]
Can a Diabetes Pill Help Treat Alcohol Addiction?
Scientists may have discovered an unexpected new use for one of today’s best-known diabetes and weight-loss medicines. A new clinical trial suggests that oral semaglutide may help people with alcohol use disorder reduce heavy drinking and alcohol cravings, offering hope for patients who have struggled with existing treatments. The findings were published in The American […] The post Can a Diabetes Pill Help Treat Alcohol Addiction? appeared firs…
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