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Nicotine replacement therapy [PDF]
EDITOR, - Jin Ling Tang and colleagues' systematic analysis of randomised trails of the efficacy of nicotine replacement therapy in helping people to stop smoking1 is an important contribution to evidence of the effectiveness of nicotine gum and patches in stopping smoking. As the authors conclude, these aids …
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Although products for nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) have been available for over 20 years, they have been excluded until recently from state or insurance based health service provision in the United Kingdom and many other countries. They have therefore not been widely prescribed by doctors who help smokers wanting to quit.
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Background: Smoking is the leading avoidable cause of illness and premature mortality. The first-line treatments for smoking cessation are nicotine replacement therapy and varenicline.
Neil M Davies +8 more
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The tobacco epidemic – pharmacological interventions for smoking cessation
Introduction: One of the biggest public health threats in the world is tobacco epidemic. According to WHO in the world cigarette smoking is the most common form of tobacco use.
Natalia Sergiel +9 more
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Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of electronic cigarettes versus nicotine patch for smoking cessation [PDF]
PMCID: PMC3602285This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided ...
Hayden McRobbie +13 more
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Effect of offering different levels of support and free nicotine replacement therapy via an English national telephone quitline: randomised controlled trial [PDF]
Objective: To compare the effects of free nicotine replacement therapy or proactive telephone counselling in addition to standard smoking cessation support offered through a telephone quitline.
Ferguson, J. +15 more
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Smoking cessation treatment in a real-life setting: the Greek experience
Objectives: The aim of this study was to estimate the clinical efficacy of counseling combined with currently used pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation (bupropion SR and nicotine replacement therapy, NRT) in actual clinical practice, and to identify ...
Nikoletta Rovina +5 more
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Self-Perceived Oral Symptoms Associated with Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the experience of specific oral and dental symptoms or side effects as reported by patients following the use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products.
Miliankos, Andrew +3 more
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[18F]Fluorodeprenyl‐D2 PET as a Tool to Monitor Disease Activity in GAD65‐Ab Autoimmune Encephalitis
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate [18F]fluorodeprenyl‐D2 ([18F]F‐DED) positron‐emission tomography (PET) imaging as a biomarker of disease activity in autoimmune encephalitis (AIE) associated with glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GAD65) antibodies. Methods [18F]F‐DED PET was performed in 25 GAD65‐AIE patients and 8 controls using dynamic (0–60 min) and ...
Julia S. Dorneich +19 more
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Biomedical research involving United States Veterans continues to advance healthcare beyond the Veterans Health Administration. This is particularly true in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), where Veteran‐centric research has uncovered novel insights into pathogenesis, risk factors, and disease manifestations, informing clinical care and research across both ...
Austin M. Wheeler +20 more
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