Yale Study: Naltrexone helps smokers quit w/o gaining weight!

[Guest guest]

Hi listmates!

Remember that study begun last year at Yale, where researchers were

studying to see if Naltrexone (in a 25mg dose) helps smokers quit

without losing weight?

Well, it seems like it does!

The results of the study were published this week in the medical

journal, " Archives of Internal Medicine. "

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 Naltrexone. Over the six-week treatment period,

those who took a placebo gained 4.2 pounds, while those who took the

naltrexone gained 1.5 pounds on average.

You can read an article about this study here:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=40412

This could be good news for us.

Those of us who can't get our ninny neuros to prescribe LDN can go to

our PCPs and say we're trying to quit smoking, but oh, we're SOOOO

nervous about gaining weight...

It'll be interesting to see what happens with this information. The

article says that " Yale University holds a patent for smoking

cessation treatments using naltrexone and related compounds and is

seeking a licensee. "

I wonder if any of the big pharmaceutical companies will grab it.

With the right marketing campaign, it could make them a LOT of money.

At any rate, the results of this study should help raise the profile

of Naltrexone another notch.

Maureen

(Gazorpa)