Addiction

New trials will test the ability of GLP-1 agonists, a popular class of weight-loss drugs, to help people beat addictions to drugs and alcohol.

An in-development treatment for alcoholism dramatically reduced consumption in monkeys that previously drank heavily.

Digital distractions have become a ubiquitous part of work and life. But these distractions begin with emotional discomfort.

Naltrexone, a medication that costs less than $1 per dose, helped people cut back on their binge drinking in a small study

An in-development fentanyl vaccine that prevents the drug from entering the brain could one day help people avoid relapsing or overdosing.

Spironolactone, a cheap medication used to treat high blood pressure, might also be able to help people overcome alcohol use disorder.

Heavy-drinking monkeys cut their alcohol consumption by 50% after researchers treated them with a hormone called “FGF21.”

A new study has found evidence that ketamine, combined with therapy, can help people with alcohol addiction abstain longer.

An opioid vaccine that prevents people with opioid use disorder from feeling “high” when they take oxycodone is moving to human trials.