Dr. Stephen (Steven) Klein

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467 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 2 Jul

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RECOVERable: Mental Health and Addiction Experts Answer Your Questions · Ozempic and Cravings: How GLP-1 Drugs Work for Addiction · 2 Jul 2026 podcast

When I look at a menu, I'm not daunted by the fact that there's a burger and chicken fingers, but the society in my mind telling me that I should have a Caesar salad because I'm overweight is what I hear the most of.

And then I feel bad because I've had a moment where I order something that I think I shouldn't be eating.

My food decisions just seem to be on autopilot.

And that to me has been the most amazing effect.

I wouldn't say that's how I characterize their effect.

I would say it's a way of saying it.

So abstinence less painful.

I think about these medications as really...

Somewhat changing the rheostat or the level, the tuning of noise volume.

So how loud are the noises in our minds?

How loud are the cravings?

But also potentially having us feel better, more complete, more satiated.

with less input.

So I think that's really where the language and the correlation with food is really interesting.

So I think when we talk about food, we talk about appetite, hunger, and then we talk about satiation, fullness, feeling content.

Then we talk about addiction, appetite gets replaced with craving, urge, longing, desire, lust, all of those adjectives.

And then when we talk about the opposite of that, it's contentment, serenity, quietude, stillness.

So I think about those as kind of changing the baseline that a patient is feeling.

So if someone is used to craving opioids day in and day out, and that is the noise in their mind, if we can lessen that noise, yes, I would say abstinence or

letting go of the substance, not having those cravings can be less painful, be more tolerable.

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