This feels like propaganda and drug advertising. Any proposed mechanism for how he went from heavy daily drinking to zero withdrawal symptoms overnight?
We *really* wish the drug companies cared about offering this for AUD! That's part of our mission-- getting them interested in this population, which they have ignored. I can't wait for the day when we can see drug company ads for GLP-1s to reduce drinking. Hopefully in the next few years.
And I don't know if this guy had withdrawal symptoms or not, but because GLP-1s are broadly anti-inflammatory and have neuro-protective effects, it's possible that those effects mediated the withdrawal. We'll need more research to understand that question better.
This feels like propaganda and drug advertising. Any proposed mechanism for how he went from heavy daily drinking to zero withdrawal symptoms overnight?
We *really* wish the drug companies cared about offering this for AUD! That's part of our mission-- getting them interested in this population, which they have ignored. I can't wait for the day when we can see drug company ads for GLP-1s to reduce drinking. Hopefully in the next few years.
And I don't know if this guy had withdrawal symptoms or not, but because GLP-1s are broadly anti-inflammatory and have neuro-protective effects, it's possible that those effects mediated the withdrawal. We'll need more research to understand that question better.