Update on medicines for smoking cessation.

摘要: Persistent cigarette smokers usually have a nicotine addiction. This addiction has chronic relapsing and sometimes remitting course may persist lifelong. Remission can be facilitated by the use of medication as part comprehensive management strategy tailored to individual patient. Nicotine replacement therapy is first-line drug treatment. It available in many formulations. Varenicline also should started before patient stops smoking. Bupropion second-line therapy. associated with an increased risk seizures interactions. While there some evidence that electronic cigarettes might facilitate smoking cessation, quit rates are not yet comparable those drugs approved on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.