Doctors Are Now Prescribing A Pill Called "The Ozempic Of Alcohol" Which Allegedly Reduces The Urge To Drink

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Source - A cheap pill is being billed as the “Ozempic of alcohol” for its ability to reduce appetites for booze, the way GLP-1 drugs curb food cravings.

Naltrexone — which costs about $1.60 a pill when purchased in bulk — decreases the urge for alcohol by blocking opioid receptors in the brain, reducing the dopamine-reward effect that people get from drinking.

Essentially, alcohol no longer has the same satisfying feeling, which helps diminish the desire for it.

Naltrexone has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat alcohol use disorder since 1994 and opiate dependence since 1984.

Well I'll be damned! They must sneak this into my drink every Sunday morning. I've heard about the pill for pills (ironic), but I didn't know it existed for booze as well. To be honest I'm not even sure it's necessary. Just wait until your late 20's and your body makes it's own Naltrexone. It's called "debilitating hangover" and it'll stop a full grown man in his tracks. Talk to me when they have a pill for that. Zah brought some weird powder to Austin that supposedly cured hangovers which kinda worked, but I need something more heavy duty if I'm going to be drinking. Something like…Couple Beers…

No need to stop the problem at it's source when you can just mask it with another consumable! 

The rest of the article is depressing as fuck, but this cracked me up…

Meanwhile, a Reddit user who struggled with alcohol since his teen years and gradually saw his dependence affect his quality of life said that his first dose of naltrexone resulted in an immediate reframe of his drinking habits.

“The first time I took it, I still drank, arguably quite a lot, but I didn’t spiral. I didn’t lose control,” he said. “I left the party at a decent time,1 a.m., because I was tired. I woke up the next morning feeling surprisingly fresh. Not wired, not anxious — just clear. That alone felt like a miracle.”

The following year, the man only took naltrexone before big events and risky situations, but by 2025, he committed to taking the pill every time he drank.

“Now? I barely think about drinking. The Friday craving is gone,” he declared. “The urge to open a bottle alone? Gone. I can have a beer at a bar with friends and stop after one or two. And if I don’t drink, I don’t feel deprived, I just feel normal.”

"I was still able to drink a shit ton, but I didn't feel bad about it!" Placebo effect? Who knows? If it works for some people then that's all that mattes. Good for them. Let this blog serve as a friend reminder that if you're violently hungover in the morning, you're probably drinking too much. Gotta take care of yourself, friends. Thanks for reading!