Can Gastric Bypass Weight Loss Surgery Raise The Ods For Alcohol Abuse?

Can Gastric Bypass Weight Loss Surgery Raise The Odds For Alcohol Abuse?

MONDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News).  HealthDay Begs the question, "Could gastric bypass weight-loss surgery raise the odds for alcohol abuse afterwards?"

According to HealthDay News, "A team from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm tracked more than 12,000 patients who underwent primary bariatric surgery between 1980 and 2006."  What they found is alarming.

From the results of their research, they concluded that it is a high probability, that gastric bypass weight -loss surgery can raise the odds for alcohol abuse after undergoing the surgery.

 The study found there was greater risk of hospitalization for depression, attempted suicide, substance abuse and alcoholism following Gastric Bypass weight-loss surgery. (The bariatric patients also had a greater risk than the general population of hospitalization for psychiatric disease before their weight-loss surgery.)

The patients were matched against a control group of almost 123,000 patients from the general population.

That's the finding from a group of Swedish researchers who were slated to present their data this past Saturday at the Digestive Disease Week conference in Chicago.

Wow! Wow! Wow! Do you know anyone who had a gastric bypass weight loss surgery? 
Do you know if they have regained their weight or have been hospitalized for any reason?  
Do you know if they had to have a second surgery?  
Do you know anyone considering a gastric bypass weight loss surgery?
Do you know if that person has considered a weight loss alternative with testimonials that may be safe and effective at the same time with less side effects?