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Pilot safety evaluation of varenicline for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence

Journal of Experimental Pharmacology, 2009
Todd Zorick1, Rajkumar J Sevak1, Karen Miotto1, Steven Shoptaw2,4, Aimee-Noelle Swanson2, Clayton Clement1, Richard De La Garza II1*, Thomas F Newton1*, Edythe D London1,3,41Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, 2Family Medicine ...
Todd Zorick, Rajkumar J Sevak, Karen Miotto, et al   +3 more
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Varenicline-induced drug eruption: case and review of the literature [PDF]

, 2023
Cutaneous side-effects of varenicline, a selective partial agonist of the a4B2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor used to treat smoking addiction, are relatively rare and mainly consist of acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis. We describe an atypical
Correia, Catarina, Filipe, Paulo, Soares-de-Almeida, Luis, Correia, Teresa, Fernandes, Sonia, Catarina Correia, Sonia Fernandes, Teresa Correia, Paulo Filipe, Correia, Catarina ; Fernandes, Sonia ; Correia, Teresa ; Soares-de-Almeida, Luis ; Filipe, Paulo, Luis Soares-de-Almeida   +10 more
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A case report on varenicline induced delirium in an alcohol and nicotine dependent patient

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2015
Varenicline is a smoking cessation agent. Varenicline acts as a partial agonist of α4β2 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and prevents nicotine binding to the same.
A Lakshmi Narayan, H S Virupaksha, G Thejaswi, G R Saraswathy, V Madhavan, Murali Thyloth   +5 more
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Use of varenicline and nicotine replacement therapy in people with and without general practitioner-recorded dementia: retrospective cohort study of routine electronic medical records

BMJ Open, 2019
Objectives Our primary objective was to estimate smoking prevalence and prescribing rates of varenicline and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in people with and without general practitioner (GP)-recorded dementia.
Amy Taylor, Tim Jones, Taha Itani, Richard Martin, Gemma Taylor, Kyla Thomas, Neil Davies   +6 more
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Varenicline and Risk of Self-Harm: A Nested Case-Control Study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
BACKGROUND:Smoking remains a serious public health concern. Pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation, including bupropion and varenicline, are proven means to increase quit rates.
Mina Tadrous, Diana Martins, Zhan Yao, Muhammad M Mamdani, David N Juurlink, Tara Gomes, Tony Antoniou   +6 more
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Adverse Neuropsychiatric Events Associated with Varenicline: A Case Series

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2021
Varenicline is an orally administered α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine (Ach) receptor, partial agonist. This drug has been known to be more effective in the treatment of nicotine withdrawal than bupropion and nicotine replacement therapies ...
Burak Erman Menku, Taylan Altiparmak, Bahadir Genis, Behcet Cosar   +3 more
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Varenicline Effects on Smoking, Cognition, and Psychiatric Symptoms in Schizophrenia: A Double-Blind Randomized Trial. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
UNLABELLED:Schizophrenic patients have a high rate of smoking and cognitive deficits which may be related to a decreased number or responsiveness of nicotinic receptors in their brains.
Robert C Smith, Revital Amiaz, Tian-Mei Si, Lawrence Maayan, Hua Jin, Sylvia Boules, Henry Sershen, Chunbo Li, Juanjuan Ren, Yanhong Liu, Mary Youseff, Abel Lajtha, Alessandro Guidotti, Mark Weiser, John M Davis   +14 more
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Varenicline is a smoking cessation drug that blocks alveolar expansion in mice intratracheally administrated porcine pancreatic elastase

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2018
Smoking cessation is the most effective treatment in patients with emphysema and lung inflammation. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of varenicline, a smoking cessation drug, on emphysema in porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE)-inhaled
Mitsuhisa Koga, Yuki Kanaoka, Tetsushi Tashiro, Nagisa Hashidume, Yasufumi Kataoka, Atsushi Yamauchi   +5 more
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Efficacy and safety of varenicline and bupropion, in combination and alone, for alcohol use disorder: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicentre trialResearch in context

The Lancet Regional Health. Europe
Summary: Background: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is associated with an enormous burden of disease and cost to society. The dopamine deficiency hypothesis posits that negative reinforcement generated by a low brain dopamine state drives ethanol intake ...
Bo Söderpalm, Helga Lidö, Johan Franck, Anders Håkansson, Daniel Lindqvist, Markus Heilig, Joar Guterstam, Markus Samuelson, Barbro Askerup, Cecilia Wallmark-Nilsson, Andrea de Bejczy   +10 more
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Characteristics of first-time varenicline users – A cross-sectional study in Finnish quitters

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Varenicline is an efficacious medicine for smoking cessation (SC) but little is known about the characteristics of varenicline users. This study examined the characteristics of first-time (naïve) varenicline users in Finland and compared those
Hanna E. Tervonen, Juha H. O. Turunen, Christine L. Baker, Juha Laine, Kari Linden   +4 more
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