Weight Loss Surgery May Be Associated With Increased Substance Use Following Surgery

Out of the pan and into the fire.

Patients who undergo bariatric weight loss surgery may be at increased risk for substance use (drug use, alcohol use and cigarette smoking) following surgery, particularly among patients who undergo laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery who appear to be at increased risk for alcohol use following surgery, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Surgery, a JAMA Network publication.

Oops.

Better not to get fat in the first place.