GLP-1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people

By Ziyad Al-Aly, Clinical Epidemiologist, Washington University in St. Louis

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He didn’t set a quit date. He simply lost interest. It happened without effort.

Another patient on one of these drugs for weight loss told me that alcohol had lost its pull – after years of failed attempts to quit.

People struggling with many addictions, ranging from opioids to gambling, are reporting…

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