Share One of the most prominent medical developments in recent years has been the emergence of a class of drugs called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs). The best known of these drugs is Ozempic, a medication for diabetes often prescribed for its off-label use as a weight loss aid. A new study published in the journal Addiction on October 16 investigates whether GLP-1 RAs could prove to be effective treatments for substance use disorders (SUDs). Researchers looked at 100 million anonymized medical records from Oracle Cerner Real-World Data, a…
