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		rayiner on March 28, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US administration revokes $11B in funding for addi... Sorry, I’m old and sometimes forget GLP-1 drugs exist now. But that’s kind of my point—those drugs seem like magic because medical interventions for obesity control were so extremely ineffective until just a couple of years ago. We don’t have anything akin to GLP-1 drugs for opiate addiction, or alcohol addiction, etc.

xnx on March 28, 2025 [–]

> We don’t have anything akin to GLP-1 drugs for opiate addiction, or alcohol addiction, etc.

Surprisingly, there's some evidence that GLP-1 drugs may also help with drug and alcohol cravings!

https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/news-events/research-update/semagl...

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