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Ozempic-like drugs may treat alcohol addiction, study finds

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A new study suggests GLP-1 agonists could help people with alcohol use disorder.

The study used data from more than 227,000 people in Sweden 's patient data registry.

Researchers found people using the drugs were less likely to be hospitalized for problems linked to alcohol use.

She particularly likes writing about obesity, neurology, and infectious diseases, but also loves digging into the business of science and tech. Marianne was previously a news editor at The Lancet and Nature Medicine and the U.K. science reporter for Business Insider . Before becoming a writer, Marianne was a scientist studying how the body fights infections from malaria parasites and gut bacteria..

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