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Ozempic’s Next Magic Trick: Treating Drug Addiction
Early data suggests GLP-1 drugs, renowned for their ability to assist in weight loss, may have a powerful effect on treating addiction.
Can Ozempic help drug addicts, too? A mega new study suggests it might.
Weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro could be used to treat drug and alcohol addiction in the future — according to the first large-scale study — but more research is needed.
Weight loss drugs could help with alcohol and opioid addiction, new study shows
Drugs​ like Mounjaro and Ozempic, which many use for weight loss,​​ may also help patients suffering from addiction, according to a new study.
Weight loss injections: How do drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro work?
Both Wegovy and Mounjaro are given as weekly injections via pre-filled pens that can be self-administered into the upper arm, thigh or stomach. They work as an appetite suppressant by mimicking a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1).
Tori Spelling’s Weight Loss of 40 lbs Using Mounjaro And Ozempic
Here are insights into Tori Spelling’s weight loss journey and how the actress toned herself down. From medications to diet and workouts, learn all she tried!
Ozempic Weight Loss Users at Risk of Gastroparesis and Other Stomach Problems, New Study Reveals
A recent study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that patients taking the drugs Ozempic (semaglutide)
Weight loss drugs like Ozempic may help reduce overdose risks: Study
A study suggests that weight loss medications like Ozempic may help reduce the risk of overdose and alcohol intoxication in people with substance use disorders.
Ozempic Could Be Used to Treat Alcohol and Drug Addiction, Study Finds
In a huge new statistical analysis, researchers have found more evidence than ever that drugs like Ozempic can help curb alcohol and opioid addiction. Published in the journal Addiction, this new study saw researchers from Loyola University Chicago sift through more than 1.
Ozempic and Similar Drugs May Help Treat Substance Use Disorders, New Study Says
The large study analyzed more 500,000 people with a history of opioid use disorder and more than 800,000 with alcohol use disorder. Results show that those who took Ozempic or a similar GLP-1 receptor agonist drug (which are approved to treat conditions such as type 2 diabetes or obesity) had a 40 percent lower chance of overdosing on opioids and a 50 percent lower risk of getting drunk compared to those who didn't take the medication.
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Mounjaro v Ozempic: Inside the race to reveal the best weight-loss jab
A trial, targeted at people living with obesity from Britain to Puerto Rico, is the first head-to-head comparison of the ...
Mounjaro is more effective for weight loss than Ozempic—how does it work? And why does it cost so much?
A weight-loss drug more effective than Ozempic and Wegovy has recently been approved in Australia. The drug, tirzepatide, is ...
There's a big Ozempic controversy brewing online. Doctors say it's the 'wild west.'
Celebrities like Oprah Winfrey are touting it. People are microdosing it. And, in the midst of a national shortage of key ...
Ozempic could help with opioid and alcohol abuse, new research shows
A new study published Thursday found that groundbreaking weight loss and diabetes medications also combat opioid-use disorder and alcohol misuse disorder. This is the second study this fall to suggest ...
FDA shakes up weight loss market as Mounjaro shortage ends
Federal regulators shook up the booming weight loss drug marketplace when they announced Mounjaro and Zepbound to be no ...
This unexpected Ozempic side effect? Wreaking havoc on women’s wardrobes: ‘The shots should come with a warning’
A voguish — and often daunting — problem can plague people who have experienced recent and relatively rapid weight loss.