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... Naltrexone May Reduce Weight Gain As Smokers Try To Quit 28th March 2006 home xml feeds newsletter advertise accessibility contact Archive Search Medical Abbreviations Naltrexone May Reduce Weight Gain As Smokers Try To Quit This ArticleAlso Appears InObesity/Overweight/Fitness Main Category: Smoking/Quit Smoking News Article Date: 28 Mar 2006 - 0:00am (UK)The drug naltrexone might help reduce weight gain in smokers as they try to quit, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

The researchers found that smokers who took a 25 mg dose of naltrexone in addition to the nicotine patch gained significantly less weight than those who did not take the drug.

Over the six-week treatment period, those who took placebo gained 4.2 pounds while those who took the naltrexone gained 1.5 pounds on average.

"These results show that naltrexone has promise when it comes to helping people reduce the weight gain so often associated with quitting smoking," said Stephanie O'Malley, lead author of the study and principal investigator for the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) at Yale.

"This is an important finding because many smokers won't even attempt to quit because they are concerned about gaining weight." Naltrexone works by blocking some of the reinforcing effects of endogenous opioids, which a...

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