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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790064503321

Autore

Sondhi Kiran

Titolo

Pharmacotherapy of smoking cessation [[electronic resource] ] : current and future status / / Kiran Sondhi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010

ISBN

1-61122-104-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (79 p.)

Collana

Public health in the 21st century

Disciplina

616.86/5061

Soggetti

Nicotine addiction - Treatment

Nicotine - Physiological effect

Smoking cessation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.