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    It’s a retroactive study comparing it to data from people taking bupropion-naltrexone.

    People taking Semaglutide were five times more likely to drink alcohol, a common cause of pancreatitis, probably because naltrexone is used to treat alcoholism.

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      But they also found an elevated rate of gastroparesis, which isn’t associated with alcoholism like pancreatitis

      The incidence rate was rare, either way