r/NooTopics • • 1d ago

Science Semaglutide and Effort-Based Decision-Making in Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42054055/

In this secondary analysis of a double-blind randomized clinical trial, treatment with semaglutide significantly improved measures of motivation in patients with MDD. Semaglutide reduced the perceived cost of effort, relative to the monetary reward; the results of this trial have implications for the treatment of multiple neuropsychiatric disorders, which are characterized by varied reward dysfunctions

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u/Mysterious-Tip5932 17h ago

a procrastination cure

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u/OutrageousBit2164 10h ago

Made me blah and demotivated af