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Up Close - Up Close - January 17, 2013 |
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A medication being tested to help smokers kick the habit also may help avoid the weight gain that is common after quitting—but only in women, according to a study published in the December issue of Biological Psychiatry.
Naltrexone, an opioid blocker that can dampen the desire for alcohol, heroin, and nicotine, as well as the pleasures of eating, helped men quit smoking. It improved their quit rates after three months of treatment in a controlled trial, from 17 percent for th...
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Naltrexone, an opioid blocker that can dampen the desire for alcohol, heroin, and nicotine, as well as the pleasures of eating, helped men quit smoking. It improved their quit rates after three months of treatment in a controlled trial, from 17 percent for th...
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