I think this is one of the rare cases where I’m almost as optimistic as the media reports. It’s not any one study that makes semaglutide appear to be a silver bullet—it’s an entire constellation of research showing various ways in which it might help

A new study has gone viral claiming semaglutide causes people with alcohol use disorder to feel fewer cravings and actually drink less booze.

The study was a randomized clinical trial.

The sample size was extremely small: The researchers tested the treatment in just 48 people.

The new study is fascinating, but it may not be replicated in larger pieces of research.

Semaglutide is a pretty amazing medication that helps us in ways beyond weight loss that we are still figuring out.

All of the promising data on those extra benefits may be noise.

It’s possible that this finding simply goes away when a larger pool of people are studied.