glp-1 medications can cause unexpected physical and psychological side effects. behavioral effects of and GIP agonists in weight loss: a comprehensive review | Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs

Given that these results were coming from a randomised, double-blind clinical trial, the Parkinsons community got rather excited about them ( Click here to read a previous SoPD post about this particular trial)

Diabetes Ther 2018;9:789801 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 57.Otto T, Myland M, Jung H, Lebrec J, Richter H, Norrbacka K

[DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 9.Wilding JPH, Batterham RL, Calanna S, et al

The primary endpointreduction in the number of heavy drinking daysdid not significantly differ between the treatment and placebo groups

They are looking at it as a treatment for alcohol use disorder

Patients with type 2 diabetes who meet NICE criteria may be eligible for NHS prescriptions, which cost only 9.90 per item in England (or are free in other UK nations)