Weight-loss drugs may also curb addictions

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Weight-loss drugs may also curb addictions
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Weight-loss medications like Ozempic aren’t just helping people shed pounds.

“I thought, ‘I’m not enjoying vaping so I may as well just put this into the battery bin at work, and I’ll see how long it can go without it,’” Ferguson said. “And that was 54 days ago.”

“It’s like someone’s just come along and switched the light on, and you can see the room for what it is,” she said. “And all of these vapes and cigarettes that you’ve had over the years, it just - they don’t look attractive anymore. It’s very, very strange.” “We believe that at least one of the mechanisms of how these drugs reduce alcohol drinking is by reducing the rewarding effects of alcohol, such as those related to a neurotransmitter in our brain, which is dopamine,” said Dr. Lorenzo Leggio, NIH researcher. “So, these medications are likely to make alcohol less rewarding.”it had effects on behaviors like nail-biting and online shopping.

Ferguson says Ozempic has helped her lose 38 pounds. Even better, she says, is how it’s made her feel.

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