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[Treatment of nicotine addiction. Drug therapy for smoking cessation]
Steffen Thirstrup Pedersen1, Hanne Rolighed Christensen, Martin Døssing
1H:S Bispebjerg Hospital, klinisk farmakologisk enhed.
Ugeskrift for Laeger
|April 2, 2002
Abstract:
Most Danish smokers are addicted to nicotine. Treatment with nicotine replacement therapy or bupropion doubles the one-year success rate after cessation of smoking. Pregnant smokers who are unable to stop smoking without medical treatment can safely be offered nicotine replacement therapy. The health risk of smoking is particularly high in patients with cardiovascular disease. Reluctance to use nicotine products for patients with heart disease is not supported by scientific evidence, and either bupropion or nicotine products can safely be administered to them.