BATON ROUGE – Researchers are finding that many people who take drugs to help them lose weight are also finding that their desire for alcohol has waned. “It hits the craving centers, so one of the ways it helps people lose weight, it decreases your cravings,” said Dr. Drake Bellanger, an obesity medicine specialist at Baton Rouge General Hospital. “The craving center in our brains is a craving center regardless of if it’s smoking, food or alcohol.”