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Stress Response and Opioid Dysfunction in Nicotine Dependence
Status: Recruiting
This study includes healthy adults between 18-70 years old who are either non-smokers or cigarette smokers interested in quitting. The purpose of this study is to learn more about how people respond to stress and to taking one dose of a widely and safely used drug called naltrexone as well as to learn about how these responses relate to whether or not someone smokes, smoking cessation, and smoking relapse.
Age: 18 years and over
Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
• Between 18-70 years old
• generally healthy
• want to quit using tobacco and nicotine
• willing to attend study visits over a period of approximately 4 months (though you may be asked to complete the last visits over a period of up to 1 year)
• have access to an internet-enabled device
Exclusion Criteria:
• current, uncontrolled hypertension (high blood pressure)
• current cardiac or other chronic diseases
• current opiate dependence, recent daily opiate use, or use of any narcotic medication
• women who are pregnant
• currently taking Naltrexone
Conditions:
Heart & Vascular, Mental Health & Addiction, Prevention & Wellness
Contact(s): Behavioral Medicine Laboratories - bml-tc@d.umn.edu
Principal Investigator: Mustafa al'Absi
IRB Number: STUDY00008687
System ID: 27656