Pharmacotherapy of Smoking Cessation : Current and Future Status

by Sondhi, Kiran

• ISBN13: 9781617616013
• ISBN10: 161761601X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS INC

Summary

Realising the impact of smoking on human beings, the US Public Health Service updated its 2000 Guidelines for Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence in 2008 and the WHO released the MPOWER package. Both guidelines aim to counter the tobacco epidemic and reduce its deadly toll. Smoking is a leading preventable cause of mortality in the U.S. and world-wide. Tobacco use is growing fastest in the low income countries due to steady population growth coupled with tobacco industry targeting, ensuing that millions of people get fatally addicted every year. The data made available through litigation has shown that the tobacco industry has invested a tremendous amount of time and money studying young adult smoking patterns. This book will illuminate these various aspects of smoking addiction.

Table of Contents

Preface

Neurobiology of nicotine dependence

Pharmacotherapy

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)

Nicotine gum

Transdermal nicotine patch

Nicotine lozenge

Nicotine nasal spray

Nicotine inhaler

Status and newer recommendations for NRT

Bupropion

Varenicline

Clonidine

Nortriptyline

Nicotinic or Non-Nicotinic Therapies Under Investigation Nicotine vaccines

Rimonabant

Mecamylamine

Inhibitors of Nicotine metabolism

Opioid antagonists

Antidepressants

GABAergic agents

Drug Therapy in Pregnant Females

Critical issues of pharmacotherapy

Index

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