It also supports your immune system by helping to fight off infections and illnesses, especially long term, chronic illnesses like chronic Lyme disease and co-infections
Explore Drug Addiction Treatment Centers Promising Data on GLP-1s for Addiction A 2024 review identified two randomized control trials that showed a significant effect of GLP-1RA on decreasing SUD. The details: One study pertained to alcohol, the other to nicotine In the alcohol study, participants drank 29% less compared to their baseline intake (Probst et al., 2023) dulaglutide once a week for 12 weeks A third study only showed SUD results (alcohol) for patients who were also obese (Klausen et al., 2022) In this study, one GLP-1 (Exenatide) decreased total intake and the number of heavy drinking days by almost 24% once a week for 26 weeks The 2024 review concludes that GLP-1s have a a potential role in SUD
On the other hand, the variance between studies was partially attributed to the treatment duration, accounting for 30.64% of the heterogeneity
Intracellular magnesium levels are decreased by excessive intake of alcohol, salt, coffee, phosphoric acid found in sodas, diets high in calcium, and high-stress levels
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