The Next Breakthrough Addiction Treatment May Be Here

The diabetes drugs that transformed weight loss may be key to treating addiction, too. Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks with Dr. Dhruv Khullar about how GLP-1s affect the brain, its reward system, and maybe even addiction.

This episode was produced by Jennifer Lai with assistance from Sofia Sanchez.

Video production by Ross Helman, Bob Nebel and Jasmine Brooks.

Medical Writer: Andrea Kane

Showrunner: Dan Bloom

Technical Director: Dan Dzula

Sr. Director of Podcasts: Zach Goldbaum

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