Can Wegovy Help Alcoholics Stop Drinking?
An injection pen at the Novo production facilities in Hillerod. Novo says that alcohol-use disorder isn’t one of its focus areas.
Photographer: Carsten Snejbjerg/Bloomberg
Hello, it’s Marthe in Paris. Having just edited my colleagues Naomi and Madison’s article on Wegovy for alcoholism, I’m wondering if the new obesity medicines will turn out to be a panacea for a horde of ailments. But first...
When the first drugs known as GLP-1s came to market in the mid-2000s, they were exciting enough for their potential in diabetes. Now that they’ve shown they can help people shed about 15% of their body weight, cut the risk of heart attacks as well as strokes and combat kidney disease, the sky’s the limit.