Dr. Stephen (Steven) Klein
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I also want to be really clear.
This is something that we touched on last week, and I loved that part of our conversation.
These medications do take away cravings and desires for medication.
We still have to look at that why.
Yeah.
So I don't want to sell this as, you know, and these medications are not yet FDA approved for the treatment of alcohol use disorder or opioid use disorder.
But again, we're talking about the treating of symptoms, which in this case is cravings.
I still am a firm believer that the treatment of addiction is recovery.
These medications may help people engage in recovery sooner.
From my own experience, I never had a problem with gambling in the sense that I never presented for help.
I never sought help.
I do drive past a casino on my way to our place on the Jersey Shore, and I used to stop frequently just to play Blackjack, which was a game that I liked.
I liked the numbers, and I would find myself playing, and I did like
The rush of it, I think it's a fun pastime.
I did find that that slowed down and then completely stopped about a year after taking GLP-1s.
So I do think they play a role in behavioral addictions, sex addiction, gambling addiction.
I think we're just scratching the surface.
really anything that can somewhat hijack our dopamine reward, what's called the mesolimbic system, is a potential candidate to be treated or at least mitigated by these medications.
Sure.
So the major side effects that I counsel all patients that I prescribe GLP-1s for are GI side effects.
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