Pretreatment with transdermal nicotine enhances some of ethanol's acute effects in men

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Elena M KouriScott E Lukas

Abstract

Nicotine and alcohol are often consumed together and smokers are more likely than non-smokers to drink alcohol. In spite of the high prevalence of the combined use of alcohol and nicotine, only a few laboratory studies have examined the effects of this drug combination in humans. The present study was conducted to further investigate the nature of nicotine/alcohol interactions by examining whether nicotine pretreatment via a transdermal patch (placebo or 21 mg) alters the subjective and physiologic effects of acute ethanol (0.4 and 0.7 g/kg) administration. Twelve male smokers who drank alcohol on an occasional basis provided informed consent to participate in the study. Subjective reports of feeling drunk, feeling ethanol's effects and ethanol-induced euphoria were increased by nicotine pretreatment. In addition, reports of desire to smoke a tobacco cigarette were significantly elevated after ethanol administration and were most pronounced during the active nicotine conditions. Heart rate was elevated by nicotine and ethanol-induced increases in heart rate were enhanced by nicotine pretreatment. The time to peak ethanol concentration was faster in the nicotine-patch condition and this paralleled the more rapid detection of eth...Continue Reading

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