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Major medical organizations now recognize that recovery from alcohol use disorder can include controlled drinking, not just complete abstinence. This shift is opening doors to treatment for thousands who felt abstinence was too intimidating to try.
After a court ordered him to rehab a decade ago, Tim McNamara chose to return on his own terms. Now the Western Arrarnta elder mentors others struggling with alcohol, proving change is always possible.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is launching a major study to see if semaglutide, the ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, can help veterans overcome alcohol addiction. Early research suggests the diabetes and weight-loss drug may reduce cravings and drinking just like it quiets "food noise" for people with obesity.
Researchers found why severely damaged livers stop healing even after patients quit drinking, opening the door to new treatments beyond transplants. The discovery could help thousands avoid liver failure.
The diabetes and weight-loss medication semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) just proved effective at treating alcohol-use disorder in a major clinical trial. Millions struggling with problem drinking now have a new treatment option their doctors already know how to prescribe.
