Daily Health Advices

Bupropion, unlike previous products, it has nothing to do with nicotine but has similar effects. Therefore it is useful to reduce symptoms of withdrawal. Its effectiveness is between 18% and 36% at 12 months of stopping treatment.

A review by the Cochrane Foundation indicates that treatment with bupropion appears to be more effective in maintaining abstinence treatments derived from nicotine. The so-called “stop smoking pills” are effective and safe, but recommended that the prescription and monitoring is done by a medical professional, they may present adverse effects and interactions with other drugs.

The specialist units offer group therapy counseling techniques and strategies to prevent relapse to smoking

Unlike in the case of nicotine replacement, the treatment is started without quitting, and little by little, they are decreasing the number of cigarettes.

A new drug, varenicline, has also demonstrated its utility in the cessation of snuff, according to a study published in the last congress of the American Heart Association (AHA). This drug acts on brain receptors by a mechanism different from other drugs used for this purpose.

According to results presented at the conference of the AHA, smokers treated with varenicline doubled the chances of success compared with other available treatments. The study reveals that at 12 weeks, 44% of smokers treated with varenicline were able to quit compared with 30% that achieved with bupropion and 17% with placebo. After a year were abstinent 22% of those treated with varenicline, bupropion 16.4% and 8.4% with placebo.

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