I'm blogging after sometime..Hope the grammar is readable.Today i would like to write about smoking cessation.Many try to stop smoking but eventually failed after sometime.It's not your fault solely..It's due to the real culprit,nicotine.
Bupropion is a drug primarily used as an
atypical antidepressant and smoking cessation aid.
also widely used to reduce nicotine cravings by people who are trying to quit smoking.It used an aid for smoking cessation where it reduces the severity of nicotine cravings and withdrawal symptoms.
A typical bupropion treatment course lasts for seven to twelve weeks, with the patient halting the use of tobacco about ten days into the course. Bupropion approximately doubles the chance of quitting smoking successfully after three months. One year after treatment, the odds of sustaining smoking cessation are still 1.5 times higher in the bupropion group than in the placebo group.
The evidence is clear that bupropion is effective at reducing nicotine cravings. Whether it is more effective than other treatments is not as clear, due to a limited number of studies.Other than bupropion,Varenicline also can be used for smoking cessation but it has a greater amount of side effects.
Other than drug therapy ,Nicotine replacement therapy is the remedial administration of nicotine to the body by means other than tobacco, usually as part of smoking cessation. Common forms of nicotine replacement therapy are nicotine patches(which transdermally administers nicotine) and nicotine gum (which orally administers nicotine).
The primary benefit of nicotine replacement therapy is that it prevents cravings in a smoker whilst allowing him to abstain from tobacco—and thus avoid the harmful effects of smoking. Nicotine replacement therapy enables the easier overcoming of nicotine addiction because it reduces the craving to smoke.
The use of nicotine replacement therapy increases the success of initially quitting smoking by 50 to 70%. So before trying any of those,see a doctor and do as directed by the physician.
Thank you.
by Lakdhes..
