156. Beyond Weight Loss: How GLP-1 Medications May Reduce Alcohol and Addiction Risk

About this episode

This episode discusses how GLP-1 medications may help reduce the risk of addiction based on a new study.

You already know GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound can be game changers for weight loss. But could they also be quietly protecting your brain from addiction? In this episode, Lisa Oldson, MD breaks down a landmark new study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, the largest real-world analysis of its kind, which found that people taking GLP-1 medications were dramatically less likely to develop alcohol, opioid, nicotine, and cocaine use disorders. The numbers are stunning, a...

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Oldson, MD

Topics covered

• GLP-1 medications
• addiction risk
• weight loss
• mental health
• substance use disorders

Keywords

• GLP-1
• addiction
• weight loss
• Ozempic
• Wegovy
• Zepbound
• opioid use
• nicotine use
• cocaine use

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Frontiers in Psychiatry

Products: GLP-1 medications, Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound

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