Abstract |
Expediency is substantiated of a wide use of nicotine-containing chewing-gum " Nicorette" as treatment of nicotine dependence. The study comprising 47 patients has shown the drug monotherapy to yield a positive result in 76.6 percent of cases. The conclusion reached is that the nicotine-containing chewing-gum " Nicorette" is a highly effective and safe medication that can come to be widely used for treating those patients who are prolonged and continuous users of tobacco and for preventing recurrences of nicotine dependence.
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Authors | A A Rebenok, V I Korostiĭ, S V Zhabokritskiĭ, E M Prokopovich, V T Prilipko |
Journal | Likars'ka sprava
(Lik Sprava)
2002 Apr-Jun
Issue 3-4
Pg. 127-30
ISSN: 1019-5297 [Print] Ukraine |
Vernacular Title | Rezul'taty klinicheskogo primenenia nikotinovoĭ zhevatel'noĭ rezinki "Nicorette" v praktike lecheniia lits s psikhicheskimi i povedencheskimi rasstroĭstvami, vyzvannymi udotrebleniem tabaka. |
PMID | 12145878
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Chewing Gum
- Polymethacrylic Acids
- Polyvinyls
- Nicotine
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Topics |
- Adult
- Chewing Gum
- Humans
- Male
- Mental Disorders
(complications)
- Nicotine
(analogs & derivatives)
- Polymethacrylic Acids
- Polyvinyls
- Smoking
(drug therapy, psychology)
- Tobacco Use Cessation Devices
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