A new study finds that popular GLP-1 drugs used to treat diabetes and obesity show new promise in fighting multiple substance use disorders.

Evidence is mounting that the wildly popular weight-loss medicines known as GLP-1s may also hold potential for treating addiction, and the field may be on the verge of obtaining desperately needed ...

A new study found GLP-1 drugs were associated with 50% fewer substance-related deaths, 39% fewer drug overdoses, and 26% ...

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He ...

Kara Stainbrook depended on alcohol to get through the day for two years. The 45-year-old from Mercer, Pennsylvania, was going through a bottle of vodka a week, sometimes two, and hiding it from her ...

Everyday human behavior is guided and shaped by the search for rewards. This includes eating tasty meals, drinking something refreshing, sexual activity and nurturing children. Many of these behaviors ...

A lecture on ‘De-addiction from drugs and social awareness’ was organised at Sri Dasmesh Public Sr Sec School, 1-Dhillon Marg, Model Town, Patiala. Paramjit Singh, a motivational speaker, delivered a ...

\u200eThe Yobe State Government has announced plans to set up a State Drug Abuse Prevention and Rehabilitation Agency to tackle the growing problem of drug abuse and substance dependency in the state.

MONTHS AND OLDER. OUR STATE CONTINUES TO BATTLE THE ONGOING DRUG CRISIS. KOAT U-N-M MEDICAL EXPERT DOCTOR RASH TELLS US ABOUT A LOCAL RESOURCE THAT HELPS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION. ACCORDING ...

Polysubstance use has become a defining feature of the U.S. overdose crisis in the past decade. While not every overdose involves multiple substances, a significant and growing proportion includes ...