Can GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Prevent Alzheimer's and Dementia? Millions of people are already on GLP-1 drugs. They started for diabetes or weight loss. Now researchers are asking a different question: are these drugs doing something in the brain too? That's not a small question. Alzheimer's disease affects more than 6 million Americans and we still don't have a drug that actually stops it. So when large studies started showing that people on GLP-1 drugs develop dementia at lo

The Truth About Corydalis for Chronic Pain and Opioid Addiction If you've been on opioids for chronic pain long enough, you already know the pattern. They work. Then they work a little less. Then you need more to get the same effect you started with. That's opioid tolerance, and it's one of the main reasons managing chronic pain with these drugs is such a difficult balancing act. I've been watching patients go through this cycle for more than 26 years. And I want to talk abou

A Comprehensive Guide to Using Peptides for Muscle Healing and Tendon Repair About 9 years ago, I attended an A4M lecture on peptides. I remembered how excited I was to promote these therapies. However, back then, no one knew what I was talking about, and I found very little interests from my patients. Over the last 2-3 years, an explosion of interests has occurred for peptides. Now, I am constantly being asked about peptides. So, I decided to write a very long and comprehen

Sublocade Detox: Why This Injection May Be the Easiest Way to Finally Quit Opioids Most people trying to quit opioids hit the same wall. They taper down their Suboxone dose slowly over weeks or months, feeling worse with every reduction. Then somewhere around 2 mg, the opioid withdrawal symptoms become unbearable. Anxiety, insomnia, restless legs, nausea, a deep dysphoria that makes it impossible to function at work or take care of your family. So they go back up. And the cyc