Metadata
- Author: Archive
- Full Title:: Did Scientists Accidentally Invent an Anti-Addiction Drug?
- Category:: 🗞️Articles
- Document Tags:: Health, Health,
- URL:: https://archive.ph/E55Pg?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
- Finished date:: 2023-07-10
Highlights
As semaglutide has skyrocketed in popularity, patients have been sharing curious effects that go beyond just appetite suppression. They have reported losing interest in a whole range of addictive and compulsive behaviors: drinking, smoking, shopping, biting nails, picking at skin (View Highlight)
Anhedonia, or a general diminished ability to experience pleasure, also hasn’t shown up in cohorts of people who take the drug for diabetes, says Elisabet Jerlhag Holm, an addiction researcher at the University of Gothenburg (View Highlight)
The long-term impacts of semaglutide, especially on the brain, remain unknown (View Highlight)
Patients who undergo bariatric surgery sometimes experience “addiction transfer,” where their impulsive behaviors move from food to alcohol or drugs (View Highlight)