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DR. MARC SIEGEL: Why Ozempic, Wegovy and other GLP-1s could be a magic shot against alcohol abuse

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19.11.2024

Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel breaks down concerns about the U.S. food system as RFK Jr. vows to take on ultra-processed food under the incoming Trump administration.

A few years ago, a dear friend of mine was drunk and crashed his car into his house in the Caribbean. Luckily, both he and his house were OK. It was after this that I discovered he suffered from Alcohol Use Disorder and he was started on naltrexone, an opioid antagonist which also decreases alcohol craving.

My friend got better, and soon his drinking was markedly diminished and he enjoyed the last several years of his life.

But sometimes I wonder if he could have done better, as the naltrexone gave him nausea and wasn’t entirely effective. Another treatment is now about to come to a doctor’s office near you, and it's one you’ve heard a lot about in other contexts, namely weight loss and diabetes. The drug is semaglutide or more commonly known as Ozempic or Wegovy. A new massive study out of Finland and Sweden looking at over 200,000 teens and........

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