Are GLP-1 Drugs The New Face Of Addiction Treatment?
Each year, 80,000 Americans die from drug overdoses. 178,000 die from excessive alcohol. A staggering 480,000 die from nicotine related illnesses. Yet medications to treat substance use disorders remain limited, under-utilized, and few and far between. Now, emerging evidence and research suggest something new. GLP-1 drugs, developed for diabetes and also used for weight loss, seem to be working to treat addiction, and not just one specific substance, but rather, can target multiple substances addictions at a time. Could this be the breakthrough in addiction treatment that we’ve been waiting […]





