Semaglutide For Alcoholism

Name: Semaglutide For Alcoholism
Uploaded: 2024-11-11T12:00:53+00:00
Duration: 28 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: A short YouTube medical/educational clip (speaker: Dr. Charles Mok) describing clinical use of semaglutide—a diabetes and weight-loss drug—and citing a…

11 Nov 2024 · 0 min

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A short YouTube medical/educational clip (speaker: Dr. Charles Mok) describing clinical use of semaglutide—a diabetes and weight-loss drug—and citing a published report that users had about a 50% reduction in alcohol use disorder. The speaker recommends combining semaglutide with naltrexone for synergistic reduction of alcohol cravings and weight, typically over a 4–6 month course.

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Semaglutide

About 50% reduction

Naltrexone

Four to six months

The drug that we've been using is semaglutide, which is used for diabetes and weight loss. There's a large published report showing that people using semaglutide with or without diabetes actually had a 50% reduction in alcohol use disorder in the group that used it. So that's something that if somebody has a weight problem and they're wanting to drink, you can use the drugs in combination. You could use semaglutide to help with their weight, which also reduces other cravings. And use naltrexone. Long when both of them we're seeing using them, usually four to six months. That's, that's something synergistic.