title: [Drug aid to tobacco withdrawal].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de néphrologie, centre hospitalier P. Chubert, Vannes.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bobrie
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Battaglia
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Loufrani
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ménard
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008464:Mecamylamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D008464:Mecamylamine; D009538:Nicotine
vernacular_title: L'aide médicamenteuse au sevrage tabagique.