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Semaglutide is most effective when combined with lifestyle modifications including a balanced, calorie-reduced diet and regular physical activity

These data suggest the potential of semaglutide and similar drugs to fill an unmet need for the treatment of alcohol use disorder, Klara Klein, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and senior author of this study said in a press release

They also found the semaglutide group had a decreased risk for death from any cause, death from cardiovascular causes, and the measured heart failure composite, which included having an urgent medical visit or hospitalization from heart failure and death from cardiovascular causes