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Christian Hendershot

Christian Hendershot

Researcher, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Weight-loss drugs show broad power to prevent and reduce addiction

New Capabilities

Lead author of first randomized trial of semaglutide for alcohol use disorder

Drugs designed to control blood sugar and shrink waistlines may also quiet the cravings that drive addiction. A study of more than 600,000 United States veterans, published March 4 in The BMJ, found that people taking GLP-1 medications were 14 percent less likely to develop a new substance use disorder and, if they already had one, experienced 50 percent fewer substance-related deaths and 39 percent fewer overdoses.

Updated Mar 6