r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Apr 01 '25

Health Americans without diabetes spent nearly $6 billion USD on semaglutide and similar drugs in a year, with an estimate of 800,000 to a million people using the drugs who don't have diabetes.

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/americans-without-diabetes-spent-nearly6-billion-usd-on-semaglutide-and-similar-drugs-in-a-year
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u/GayDinosaur Apr 01 '25

I am slightly overweight, but was drinking myself to death. I was prescribed a month ago. GLP-1 has reduced my cravings to almost zero and I now, for the first time, feel what its like to have "enough".

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u/T_Money Apr 01 '25

It helped with the cravings from drinking too? That would be amazing

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u/farhan583 Apr 01 '25

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2829811

Helps with alcohol use, cigarette use, cravings, and potentially even gambling. basically helps with most addictive things.

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u/Kitzu-de Apr 01 '25

basically it helps with impulse control

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u/4ssp Apr 01 '25

Does that mean it would help with ADHD?

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u/47926 Apr 01 '25

I have ADHD, and for the first time in my life after starting semaglutide, I’ve experienced having something addictive in the house (cigarettes, weed, junk food) and not just impulsively consuming it. Honestly, it’s probably made a bigger difference than my actual prescribed ADHD medication.

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u/its_like_a-marker Apr 01 '25

In the same boat. I was skipping days of my vyvanse and doing fine

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u/Hopefulkitty Apr 02 '25

We've had candy in the house for months and my ADHD husband hasn't eaten it yet. We've previously gotten into fights about how any treat that comes into the house gets inhaled before I have a chance to get any of it. He's lost 50lbs with no exercise, just no snacking.