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Oct. 17, 2024 – “These drugs are working on the brain, and we don’t know what the long term effects of having this kind of hormone impacting your brain would be. We don’t know what the risks in the long term for cancer would be,” she said. “We know that there are risks of pancreatitis, gallbladder issues, kidney issues, and there are some reports of suicidal thoughts, so that would be a concern.”
In the study, published Thursday in the scientific journal Addiction, researchers found people with opioid or alcohol use disorder who take Ozempic or similar medications appear to have a 40% lower rate of opioid overdose and a 50% lower rate of alcohol intoxication compared to people who aren’t on the medications.
Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News medical contributor and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News, said these are “significant clinical impacts for patients.”
The study used a large data set, looking at almost 10 years of data from patients in over 100 health systems across the country.
Previous research has also looked at whether the medications may help people quit smoking.
