Posts Tagged ‘opioid overdose’

Less Drug and Alcohol Use When People Take GLP-1s

October 19, 2024 — New observational research in Addiction suggests that the rates of drug and alcohol use might be lower by as much as half when people are taking GLP-1s. Specifically, half as many people with alcohol use disorder had episodes of intoxication if they were taking a GLP-1. Among people with opioid use disorder, the rate of […]

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Might Semaglutide Lower the Risk of Opioid Overdoses?

October 4, 2024 — Caution is wise when observational studies compete for our attention. But this one, from JAMA Network Open, is intriguing. In a recent analysis of 33,006 persons with both type 2 diabetes and opioid use disorder, researchers found a signal that semaglutide might lower the risk of opioid overdoses by as much as two-thirds. “It’s a […]