Naltrexone tested as weight gain deterrent in quitting smoking.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 February 2005-YALE UNIVERSITY: Naltrexone tested as weight gain deterrent in quitting smoking(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28022005 New Haven, Conn. - Yale researchers are investigating the use of the medication naltrexone to help men and women quit smoking without gaining weight.

"The prospect of gaining weight is of particular concern to women smokers and to a substantial number of men," said Stephanie O'Malley, professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, director of the Substance Abuse Research Division, and principal investigator for the Yale Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC). "The development of a treatment that will allow smokers to quit while reducing weight gain could convince more people to...