ASMBS: Bariatric Patients at Risk of Substance Abuse

More costs to rescuing the fat from their diseases of choice.

Some bariatric surgery patients may trade one type of addiction for another, according to a small study of patients who entered substance abuse programs after surgery...

"The implications include a need for increased psychological treatment pre- and postsurgery, with a particular focus on navigating identity shifts, and increased education related to substance abuse risks post-bariatric surgery," Valentina Ivezaj, MS, of Eastern Michigan University, in Ypsilanti, and colleagues concluded in a poster presentation.

No, the implications are to have the fat pay for their surgeries, their illnesses of choice and their addiction rehab out-of-pocket.

Then we will see fatosity decrease.