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Tuesday, 31 July 2007 |
By Walter Hilliam
 As of now there are two FDA okayed quit smoking drugs, Bupropion and Varenicline. The most recent of the two, Varenicline has shown in tests to be more effective than Bupropion. These quit smoking drugs are distributed by international drug manufacturers and are only available by prescription. There may be generics of either quit smoking drug out there, depending on town and drug store.
Bupropion Or Varenicline
Bupropions primary process as a quit smoking drug is to serve as an anti-depressant. However, a side effect was counteracting the nicotine crave in smokers who were prescribed the drug. Scientists have been experimenting with other uses of Bupropion to aid those who want to stop smoking. One possible benefit that some have noticed about this quit smoking drug is how quickly the body adjusts. This furthers aiding in lessening the severity of withdrawal symptoms. When prescribing Bupropion, doctors will often suggest to their patients quit taking the medication if they cannot to quit smoking after the initial 7 week period.
Varenicline was the first drug passes by the Food and Drug
Administration that was specifically created to help people with nicotine addictions. This quit smoking drug works in two ways; it blocks the receptors in the brain that process the nicotine, and then mimics the same pattern and feeling of nicotine to the brain. In other words, you are getting less nicotine in your system than what your brain realizes. In testing, patients were put on twelve and twenty-four week courses to judge the speed of the quit smoking drug in ridding the body of the addiction.
In other clinical trials, Varenicline has been shown to be more effective than using the Bupropion alone or a placebo, and without reducing the anti-depressant benefits of the Bupropion. All people of the clinical tests were proven twice as likely to remain cigarette free by using Varenicline rather than a placebo. It was clear that individuals were more likely to be successful combining the two quit smoking drugs than by using Bupropion alone.
Beginning The Drugs
Both of these quit smoking drugs to stop smoking are available a doctor only. as with any perscription or treatment a doctor should be consulted to discuss any risks that could be a factor for an individual. Either drug once prescribed by a doctor is often put to a quit smoking plan. First get the prescription filled, and then pick a date to quit; get rid of all cigarettes on that date and continue medication for 3 months. Depending on which quit smoking drug the doctor subscribes, a individual may continue to take the drugs for up to twelve more weeks.
Walter Hilliam is a joyful ex-smoker and an expert on quitting smoking.
His Squidoo Lens on Stop Smoking can be found at http://www.squidoo.com/quit-smoking-drug/ Smoking Share Your Opinion. (0 posts)
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