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Fighting Smoking Drugs - Psychology, Special Needs, Health - Posted: 29th Mar, 2017 - 5:47pm
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Fighting Smoking: Can One Drug Cure Addiction to Another
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Time.com - New studies suggest that Chantix, an FDA-approved anti-smoking drug, may encourage less drinking as well.
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FDA-approved Alzheimers Drug Could Help Smokers Quit
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Clinical investigators are repurposing an FDA-approved Alzheimer's drug to test whether it helps smokers kick their habit. The research itself took a translational approach, which the researchers call bi-directional. In other words, the preclinical data informed the clinical study and vice versa.
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Researchers warn of hazards of smoking and need for wider use of varenicline to quit
More than 35 million Americans are trying to quit smoking. Researchers reassure clinicians and their patients that varenicline, whose brand name is Chantix, is a safe and effective way to achieve smoking cessation and that failure to use this drug has caused preventable heart attacks and deaths from cardiovascular disease. Just a few months ago, the FDA removed the black box warning from varenicline. Ref. Source 7i.
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Drug makers will of course tell you to go down this route because they have money to make from it but there are other methods that work without spending a dime over what you normally spend. It begins with a switch in lifestyle, exercise, eating healthy, not hanging around other smokers and most of all reassuring yourself that you can do it.
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I've read negatives on using e-cigarettes too. The point I want to make is substituting one drug for another isn't the solution. Bad habits can be removed through mental stimulation rather than using a drug as a crutch. Some smokers even go on sweets, it isn't the best substitute but better than using drugs in my opinion.
Post Date: 29th Mar, 2017 - 5:47pm / Post ID: #
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Oh, I'm inclined to agree, but I'd make allowances if it is one step of a plan that ends the drug dependence entirely.
Rather off topic, but...
In regards to ecigs, prior to the FDA stepping in, it heavily depended on which ones you went for. The good ones were nothing but water, flavoring, and nicotine, and allowed you to taper the nicotine down to nothing.
My sister, who tried quitting cigarettes on multiple prior occasions, was nicotine free in less than two months using the things. Has been clean for years now.
Other varieties, mostly peddled by existing tobacco companies, put much in of the same addictive and poisonous junk you find in cigarettes, and generally don't allow one to wean down the nicotine content.
Ironically, it is only the latter category that can afford the FDA seal of approval now.
In regards to ecigs, prior to the FDA stepping in, it heavily depended on which ones you went for. The good ones were nothing but water, flavoring, and nicotine, and allowed you to taper the nicotine down to nothing.
My sister, who tried quitting cigarettes on multiple prior occasions, was nicotine free in less than two months using the things. Has been clean for years now.
Other varieties, mostly peddled by existing tobacco companies, put much in of the same addictive and poisonous junk you find in cigarettes, and generally don't allow one to wean down the nicotine content.
Ironically, it is only the latter category that can afford the FDA seal of approval now.
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