This is consistent, the team said, with the prevailing hypothesis suggesting that [semaglutides] therapeutic effects arise from overlapping neurobiological mechanisms that modulate both metabolic regulation and reward-related pathways shared between obesity and alcohol use disorder. The team concluded: Findings from this trial provide support for broadening the indication for semaglutide to [include] AUD in patients with a BMI of 30 or greater, which could benefit millions. About 890 million adults globally have a BMI over 30, and in the U.S., 8 million adults are estimated to have obesity and high alcohol consumption
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Ania Jastreboff, an obesity medicine physician scientist at Yale University School of Medicine/Yale School of Medicine, co-Director of the Yale Center for Weight Management and the lead author on the phase 2 study, said that the results were striking and concluded that Retatrutide holds promise for substantial weight reduction in adults with obesity over a 48-week period