{"id":14031,"date":"2024-10-03T09:01:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T09:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=14031"},"modified":"2024-10-03T09:24:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T09:24:44","slug":"can-ozempic-treat-binge-eating-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=14031","title":{"rendered":"Can Ozempic Treat Binge Eating Disorder?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Doctors are already using weight loss drugs to treat binge eating disorder. But some experts warn that it\u2019s a Band-Aid, not a fix.<\/p>\n

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People taking drugs like Ozempic say their appetites evaporate. The constant \u201cfood noise<\/a>\u201d in their heads \u2014 wondering what they\u2019ll eat next, and when \u2014 goes quiet.<\/p>\n

Now, scientists are exploring whether those powerful effects could translate into a treatment for binge eating disorder, the most common<\/a> eating disorder in the United States.<\/p>\n

Binge eating disorder traps people in an agonizing cycle: They eat a large amount of food in a short amount of time, past the point of feeling full and sometimes until they are in pain. They feel guilty and ashamed. Then they binge again. Scientists aren\u2019t entirely sure what causes the condition, but one theory is that binge eating is a compulsive behavior, involving the same brain circuits that help us form habits<\/a> and contribute to addiction.<\/a><\/p>\n

Medications like Ozempic \u2014 originally developed to treat diabetes and now widely used for weight loss<\/a> \u2014 can transform how the brain responds to food. That\u2019s why researchers think these drugs hold such promise to treat binge eating disorder, said Trevor Steward, a University of Melbourne researcher who is running one of the first studies to test the drugs in people with the condition. The hope is that the new generation of drugs<\/a> can give people newfound control over the impulse to binge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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So far, the evidence that these drugs can help with binge eating disorder is largely anecdotal. But patients are already taking the medications for this purpose \u2014 and some they say they\u2019re working.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was something missing in my brain, and it\u2019s fixed now,\u201d said Joanie Smith, 66, who has taken Ozempic since 2022. <\/span>She tried Jenny Craig, WeightWatchers, even hypnosis, but nothing fully helped with her bingeing until she took the drug.<\/p>\n

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Doctors are already using weight loss drugs to treat binge eating disorder. But some experts warn that it\u2019s a Band-Aid, not a fix.People taking drugs like Ozempic say their appetites evaporate. The constant \u201cfood noise\u201d in their heads \u2014 wondering what they\u2019ll eat next, and when \u2014 goes quiet.Now, scientists are exploring whether those powerful effects could translate into a treatment for binge eating disorder, the most common eating disorder in the United States.Binge eating disorder traps people in an agonizing cycle: They eat a large amount of food in a short amount of time, past the point of feeling full and sometimes until they are in pain. They feel guilty and ashamed. Then they binge again. Scientists aren\u2019t entirely sure what causes the condition, but one theory is that binge eating is a compulsive behavior, involving the same brain circuits that help us form habits and contribute to addiction.Medications like Ozempic \u2014 originally developed to treat diabetes and now widely used for weight loss \u2014 can transform how the brain responds to food. That\u2019s why researchers think these drugs hold such promise to treat binge eating disorder, said Trevor Steward, a University of Melbourne researcher who is running one of the first studies to test the drugs in people with the condition. The hope is that the new generation of drugs can give people newfound control over the impulse to binge.So far, the evidence that these drugs can help with binge eating disorder is largely anecdotal. But patients are already taking the medications for this purpose \u2014 and some they say they\u2019re working.\u201cThere was something missing in my brain, and it\u2019s fixed now,\u201d said Joanie Smith, 66, who has taken Ozempic since 2022. She tried Jenny Craig, WeightWatchers, even hypnosis, but nothing fully helped with her bingeing until she took the drug.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14033,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14031"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14034,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14031\/revisions\/14034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}