Ozempic for alcohol addiction: What the latest science shows

There's growing evidence to suggest that GLP-1 drugs, which include Ozempic's semaglutide, may be useful for treating alcohol use disorder.

Kara Stainbrook depended on alcohol to get through the day for two years. The 45-year-old from Mercer, Pennsylvania, was going through a bottle of vodka a week, sometimes two, and hiding it from her family and friends. 

“I needed that feeling of not being able to feel life for a little bit,” she said.

That changed in June 2023 after she took her first dose of Mounjaro. “From day one, it has literally changed me in every aspect of my life,” she said.

Stainbrook said she’s lost 70 pounds — and the desire to drink. 

Kara Stainbrook lost the desire to drink when she starting taking a GLP-1 drug. NBC NewsHer experience is what W. Kyle Simmons, a professor of pharmacology and physiology at Oklahoma State University, in Tulsa, wants to better understand. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/ozempic-alcohol-addiction-latest-science-shows-rcna191015

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