To address this, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition released dietary guidelines for GLP-1 users in July 2025
By targeting the brains reward system, these drugs could help curb cravings for addictive substances like alcohol, nicotine, and opioids
With files from The Canadian Press and Amina Zafar
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The trial randomized 3,127 participants across the U.S., Brazil, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, Spain and Taiwan to receive various doses of orforglipron or placebo along with healthy diet and physical activity
GLP-1 receptor agonists trace their roots back to exendin-4, a peptide isolated from Gila monster venom in the early 1990san insight that eventually led to exenatide and reshaped the treatment of diabetes and metabolic disease