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Liraglutide, the first GLP1 RA licensed for use in weight management, was approved in 2013 and recently, a secondgeneration RA, semaglutide, was approved with weight loss of up to around 18% after 68 weeks shown in phase 3 development (Wadden et al., 2021)

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Semaglutide targets specific reward loops in the brain and may diminish some of the reinforcing effects of alcohol

They compared individuals using GLP-1RAs with those on more traditional antihyperglycemics, such as sulfonylureas, DPP-4 inhibitors, and SGLT2 inhibitors

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