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There haven't been many randomized clinical trials — which are considered the gold standard for evaluating medical claims — on whether GLP-1 RAs reduce addictive behaviours.

There have only been two such trials studying their impact on alcohol addiction, none for opioid addiction and two for nicotine addiction, according to a recent review published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

Christian Hendershot, a California-based Canadian researcher, co-authored one of those randomized controlled trials, published recently in JAMA Psychiatry, looking at alcohol consumption.

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[–] Vorrash@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Wouldn’t surprise me, I’ve absolutely noticed a distinct lack of any interest in drinking since taking one of them. Not that I was a heavy drinker before, but I’ve gone from maybe 5 units a week to barely a single drink in a month. Even the thought of having more than a single drink makes me feel ill