{"title":"Weight-loss drugs appear beneficial for patients with substance use disorders","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/pu.31260","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Drugs in medication classes commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity appear to improve substance use outcomes in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD), a retrospective cohort study has found. Patients receiving these medications experienced significantly lower rates of opioid overdose and alcohol intoxication. Study results were published online Oct. 16, 2024, in <i>Addiction</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":22275,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Psychopharmacology Update","volume":"36 2","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Brown University Psychopharmacology Update","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pu.31260","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Drugs in medication classes commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity appear to improve substance use outcomes in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD), a retrospective cohort study has found. Patients receiving these medications experienced significantly lower rates of opioid overdose and alcohol intoxication. Study results were published online Oct. 16, 2024, in Addiction.