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Re:US administration revokes $11B in funding for addiction, ... by rayiner on Thursday March 27, 2025 @10:12PM (#43500709)
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.

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Re:US administration revokes $11B in funding for addiction, ... by xnx on Thursday March 27, 2025 @10:30PM (#43500827)
> 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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