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2. GLP-1 Medications Reduce Alcohol Cravings, Per a New Study

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   After nine weeks of treatment, the researchers found that participants who had semaglutide injections ended up drinking about 40 percent less alcohol than people who had a placebo.

3. Ozempic 'Significantly' Lowered 'Alcohol Craving' in First ...

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   The drug — the brand name for the GLP-1 agonist semaglutide — “significantly reduced weekly alcohol craving,” according to a study published Wednesday, Feb. 12, in the Journal of the ...

4. Ozempic, Wegovy may help curb alcohol cravings

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   “The reduction in alcohol craving and heavy/binge drinking days is particularly important as cravings are a significant factor for relapse. Having an alternative treatment option could increase ...

5. Disulfiram - Wikipedia

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   Disulfiram is a medication used to support the treatment of chronic alcoholism by producing an acute sensitivity to ethanol (drinking alcohol). Disulfiram works by inhibiting the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase (specifically the ALDH2 enzyme [3]), causing many of the effects of a hangover to be felt immediately following alcohol consumption.

6. Acamprosate - Wikipedia

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   Acamprosate is a medication that works in the brain to treat alcohol use disorder. Acamprosate works by decreasing cravings and urges to use alcohol. This allows people who take the medication to control urges to drink and help to continue to not use alcohol. Acamprosate does not help with symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.

7. Naltrexone - Wikipedia

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   Naltrexone, sold under the brand name Revia among others, is a medication primarily used to manage alcohol use or opioid use disorder by reducing cravings and feelings of euphoria associated with substance use disorder. [8] It has also been found effective in the treatment of other addictions and may be used for them off-label. [12]

8. Ozempic shown to reduce drinking in first trial in alcohol ...

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   A study of 48 people with signs of moderate alcohol-use disorder found that those taking low doses of semaglutide – the generic name of Ozempic – for nine weeks saw significantly greater ...

9. Pharmacology of ethanol - Wikipedia

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   Vasopressin levels are reduced after the ingestion of alcohol. [53] The lower levels of vasopressin from the consumption of alcohol have been linked to ethanol acting as an antagonist to voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs). Studies conducted by Treistman et al. in the aplysia confirm inhibition of VGCC by ethanol.