Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study published in the journal Addiction has found that people with opioid or alcohol use disorder (OUD, AUD) who take Ozempic or similar medications to treat diabetic/weight-related conditions appear to have a 40% lower rate of opioid overdose and a 50% lower rate of alcohol intoxication than people with OUD and AUD who do...
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Can medications for excessive alcohol use help prevent and treat alcohol-related liver disease?
by Massachusetts General Hospital Association of medical addiction therapy for alcohol use disorder with odds of hepatic decompensation within 10 years after cirrhosis diagnosis. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2022). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.13014 Excessive alcohol consumption can harm the liver, causing a range of conditions from relatively minor liver damage to serious problems such as cirrhosis and liver cancer—all...