[Drug aid to tobacco withdrawal].
Persistent tobacco abuse is due to a pharmacological dependence to nicotine and to a psychological dependence to smoking. Tobacco replacement therapies, i.e. nicotine chewing gums and patches, are the only ones that are effective in aiding tobacco withdrawal; they reduce the deprivation syndrome, thereby facilitating smoking cessation and increasing its success rate. The stronger the dependence to nicotine the greater their efficacy. The insufficient results obtained at mid-term prove that replacement therapies alleviate only the dependence to nicotine and that the psychological dependence should not be overlooked.
Bobrie
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G
Service de néphrologie, centre hospitalier P. Chubert, Vannes.
Battaglia
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C
Loufrani
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E
Ménard
J
J
D006801:Humans; D008464:Mecamylamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*
D008464:Mecamylamine; D009538:Nicotine
L'aide médicamenteuse au sevrage tabagique.