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- Title
Breaking free from nicotine dependence: A combination of strategies boosts the odds of success.
- Abstract
The article offers strategies on how to remove addiction to nicotine. The brain is provided with nicotine without exposure to harmful substances in cigarette smoke through nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). Fast relief of withdrawal symptoms is provided by the nicotine nasal spray. Neural receptors of the desire to smoke are triggered as nicotine by the antidepressant bupropion. INSET: A future for anti-smoking vaccines?.
- Subjects
ANTIDEPRESSANTS; SMOKING prevention; VACCINES; DOPAMINE uptake inhibitors; NICOTINIC agonists; PSYCHOTHERAPY; HEALTH self-care; SMOKING cessation; TRANSDERMAL medication; NICOTINE addiction treatment; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Harvard Mental Health Letter, 2011, Vol 27, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
1057-5022
- Publication type
Article