Can Weight Loss Drugs Treat Alcohol Addiction?
As weight-loss drugs like Ozempic revolutionize weight loss, scientists hope they may also be life-changing for alcohol addiction. The drugs are one of several approaches doctors and psychiatrists hope will revolutionize the treatment of what’s known as alcohol use disorder. Their work comes amid findings that even moderate drinking comes with risks, including a link to certain types of cancer.
Joe Schacht, co-director of the Division of Addiction Science, Research and Prevention at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus for alcohol addiction, offered an overview of the research on weight-loss drugs for alcohol addiction, other potential treatments, and the overall risks of drinking.
Excerpted from CPR News
