Smoking Addiction Treatment
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Smoking is an addiction of nicotine which is a carcinogen that can be treated with the effective aid of numerous methods available in the market because of the recent development in science and research. The global awakening on the hazards of smoking since second world has led to the multiple options to reduce the cravings of tobacco in the sufferers of nicotine. Smoking addiction treatment is a collection of methods ranging from drugs, patches, gums to the consultation of a medical health organization. The 1997 report of the American journal on Addictions shows that cessation of tobacco leads to the improvement in a person to absent him/her from the hazards of alcohol and drugs.
The drugs approved by FDA for the treatment of aftereffects of smoking: The food and drug administration on 15 may approved the intake of an anti smoking drug known as Zybane as a prescribed anti- depressant which is helpful in the reduction of nicotine cravings gradually. This medicine reacts with two chemicals produced in brain: dopamine and norepinephrine to combat the ill effects of tobacco inhalation. The laboratory trials have proved that 49% of Zybane users quit smoking after four weeks of regular intake of the medicine.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy: This is the name of the techniques which include the use of various forms of methods which replaces nicotine by supplying nicotine in small quantities to balance and maintain the level of nicotine already formed due to chain smoking.
Nicotine Patch: These provide required supply of nicotine in small amounts to the body. The nicotine delivered due to the direct inhalation of tobacco passes through the bloodstream instantaneously; on the contrary, nicotine patch takes three hours to mix in the blood. Most of the patches are changed in every 24 hours. Side effects of patches include skin irritation, dizziness, headache, nausea and increase in the rate of heart beat.
Nicotine Gums: The gums are available in two type of strength type: 2mg which is meant for people consuming less than 25 cigarettes per day and 4mg, for smokers consuming more than 25 cigarettes in a day.
Nicotine Lozenge: This comes in the shape of a candy slowly releasing nicotine into the mouth from which it is transferred to the blood. These are hard candies which are not easy to chew so that the rate of nicotine delivery is under the check.
Nicotine nasal spray: This is in the form of a pump which delivers very small amount of nicotine into the body. This spray gives a sudden hit which attacks a lot of smokers towards this product. Few homeopath sprays are also available in the market which delivers chemicals similar to the effect of nicotine in the body bearing no side effects.
Behavioral therapies: These therapy sessions consist of few mental and emotional guidance given by the consultants and psychiatrist to the patients to control the cravings of tobacco.
Any type of therapy starts from family and friends which can provide the best support system to the bearer.
About the Author
Viveca is a psychiatrist working on the hazards of smoking nicotine. She is researching on the easy and effective nicotine preventive and reduction methods. Her study constitutes the efficacy of homeopathy in reducing the cravings of nicotine in chain smokers. One of the recent products launched in the market is Smoke Deter which naturally works on the lethal effects of smoking.
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