Can GLP-1 drugs help people stop throwing away their money?

HOLD ON I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS ONE BECAUSE IT IS LIKE DECIDING WHETHER TO GET AN ICED COFFEE OR A HOT ONE EVERY MORNING EXCEPT THE RESEARCHERS AT WHARTON ARE ASKING IF GLP-1 DRUGS COULD STOP YOU FROM BLOWING ALL YOUR PAYCHECK AT THE CASINO OR ON STUFF YOU DO NOT NEED. SO APPARENTLY EXPERTS WANT TO SEE IF THESE WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS WHICH ALREADY CRUSH CRAVINGS FOR FOOD CAN ACTUALLY REWIRE YOUR BRAIN REWARD SYSTEM TO STOP IMPULSE BUYING AND GAMBLING. PROFESSOR MICHAEL PLATT SAYS THEY MIGHT HELP PEOPLE SAVE MORE MONEY INSTEAD OF SPENDING IT ON LUXURY JUNK AND IT IS ALL ABOUT REMODELING THAT BRAIN NETWORK SO YOU MAKE BETTER FINANCIAL CHOICES OVERALL. IT IS A WILD IDEA THAT A SHOT COULD FIX YOUR BUDGET BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY STUDYING IT RIGHT NOW. ANYWAY THIS SONG IS ACTUALLY MY FAVOURITE.

OK NOBODY WARNED ME ABOUT THIS ONE BUT APPARENTLY SCIENTISTS THINK YOUR WEIGHT LOSS MEDS MIGHT START CONTROLLING YOUR WALLET TOO. RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER GLP-1 DRUGS WHICH WE ALREADY KNOW HELP WITH APPETITE COULD ACTUALLY STOP PEOPLE FROM DOING RISKY FINANCIAL STUFF LIKE COMPULSIVE SHOPPING OR GAMBLING. THE THEORY IS THAT THESE DRUGS MIGHT CHANGE THE BODY'S REWARD SYSTEM SO YOU ARE NOT CHASING THAT SAME HIGH FROM A LUXURY PURCHASE OR A SPIN AT THE SLOT MACHINE. IT IS A FIRST OF ITS KIND STUDY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THE SAME BRAIN CHANGES THAT HELP YOU EAT LESS ALSO HELP YOU SAVE MORE CASH INSTEAD OF THROWING IT AWAY. IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY WANT TO MEDICATE THE IMPULSE CONTROL RIGHT INTO US. ANYWAY SOMEBODY HAS TO ANSWER FOR THAT.

Researchers at the Wharton School are studying whether GLP-1 weight-loss drugs can reduce impulsive financial behaviors like gambling and compulsive shopping by affecting the brain's reward system.

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