A large epidemiological study of more than 600,000 veterans with diabetes suggests GLP-1 weight-loss medications may reduce ...

The effect was seen across a wide variety of addictive and habit-forming substances, including cocaine, opioids, alcohol, ...

GLP-1 drugs, like semaglutide, may help people avoid developing addictions to alcohol, tobacco, and drugs such as cannabis ...

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 ...

Billy Idol revealed that he traded one vice for another during the height of his addiction struggles in the 1980s. The ...

People taking Ozempic, Wegovy and other GLP-1s often describe “food noise” disappearing — the constant mental chatter about food suddenly goes quiet. Many patients also told Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly ...

Starting a GLP-1 drug was linked with a 14% overall reduced risk of new substance use disorders and a lower risk of harm for ...

Research is quickly catching up. In the last few years, studies have linked GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy with fewer ...

Kansas lawmakers move to ban kratom, placing the herbal product in the same drug class as heroin amid safety concerns.

A new study found GLP-1 drugs were associated with 50% fewer substance-related deaths, 39% fewer drug overdoses, and 26% ...

GLP-1 medications may quiet the brain signals behind addiction, reducing substance use disorders and overdose risk across ...

Evidence is mounting that the wildly popular weight-loss medicines known as GLP-1s may also hold potential for treating addiction, and the field may be on the verge of obtaining desperately needed ...