MIAMI — When Susan Akin first started injecting a coveted weight-loss drug early this year, the chaos in her brain quieted. The relentless cravings subsided — only they’d never been for food. The ...

Many patients taking obesity and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have found its benefits go beyond weight loss. They've also lost their craving for alcohol or drugs. "I have heard ...

This revelation could cut addiction-related deaths by 50 percent. As scientists unravel the link between GLP-1 medications and addiction, it may hold clues for the development a drug that can treat ...

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn't use a patch. He ...

A study of 600,000+ veterans found GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic reduced substance-related deaths by 50% across alcohol, opioids, cocaine, nicotine, and cannabis — making them the first medication class to ...

GLP-1 Drug May Offer Short-Term Control of Obsessive Food Cravings By Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Nov. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Researchers say a woman struggling with obesity who ...

I WANT TO eat. I need to eat. I shouldn’t eat. I just ate. Why do I want to eat more? Oh my god: Why am I constantly thinking about this? This is so ridiculous. I hate this. I’m ashamed of this. This ...

OMRF scientist Mike Beckstead will lead a $400,000 NIH-funded study testing an experimental drug for methamphetamine and ...

For hundreds of years, craving has been recognized as a central causal feature of addiction and relapse in overeating, gambling, and other addictions. But what causes craving, how one ends cravings, ...

Drug cravings can persist long after an addict is “clean”, and often cause relapse. Now we are closer to understanding why, with a detailed picture of how the highly addictive drug methamphetamine ...