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It's an extremely positive development that these drugs quiet the relentless craving that drives addiction by targeting shared reward pathways in the brain, offering hope where decades-old treatments have failed miserably. This isn't about willpower anymore; it's about treating addiction as the chronic biological disease it actually is.
This study suffers from adherer bias, as GLP-1 patients are simply more motivated and healthcare-engaged than comparison groups in ways no statistical adjustment can fix. Finding uniform protection across every tested substance screams confounding rather than a genuine drug effect.
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