Efficacy of naltrexone in smoking cessation: A preliminary study and an examination of sex differences
Efficacy of naltrexone in smoking cessation: A preliminary study and an examination of sex differences
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DOI:
10.1080/14622200600789767
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发表时间:
2006-10-01
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4.7
通讯作者:
Hatsukami, Dorothy
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作者:
King, Andrea;de Wit, Harriet;Hatsukami, Dorothy
This double- blinded, placebo- controlled trial evaluated the efficacy of naltrexone as an adjunct to standard smoking cessation treatment. Participants (N=110) were adult male and female nicotine-dependent smokers who expressed interest in quitting smoking. All subjects received six sessions of behavioral counseling (1 hr/session for 6 weeks), and 1 month of the nicotine patch (21 mg for the first 2 weeks, 14 mg the third week, 7mg the fourth week). Subjects were randomly assigned to the naltrexone or placebo group. The naltrexone group started at 25 mg daily for 3 days prior to the quit date, and increased to 50 mg/day on the quit date and following 8 weeks. At the end of medication treatment, the naltrexone group had better quit rates versus the placebo group (48% quit on naltrexone vs. 41% on placebo), but this difference was not statistically significant. However, men and women differed on several measures: in the placebo group, women had significantly lower quit rates than men (39% vs. 67%, p