{"title":"Findings on weight-loss drugs offer hope, but caution needed","authors":"Gary Enos","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34334","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Addiction researchers continue to preach caution amid a flurry of findings suggesting that popular weight-loss medications such as semaglutide could have important applications in treating substance use disorders (SUDs). The latest report found a decreased risk of alcohol use disorder-related hospitalization in patients who use semaglutide or liraglutide and its lead investigator is echoing the call for evidence from randomized trials to confirm conclusions drawn from observational studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"36 45","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adaw.34334","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Addiction researchers continue to preach caution amid a flurry of findings suggesting that popular weight-loss medications such as semaglutide could have important applications in treating substance use disorders (SUDs). The latest report found a decreased risk of alcohol use disorder-related hospitalization in patients who use semaglutide or liraglutide and its lead investigator is echoing the call for evidence from randomized trials to confirm conclusions drawn from observational studies.