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Chapter10
Smoking Cessation
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Professional
08/26/2011

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Term
First line medications for smoking cessation
Definition
Nicotine replacement therapy, bupropion, varenicline
Term
Which first line smoking cessation agent should be used with caution in previously psychiatic illness pts, as it can cause neuropsychiatric effects
Definition
Varenicline
Term
Second line therapies for smoking cessation (not indicated)
Definition
Nortriptyline, clonidine

*NOT OFFICIALLY INDICATED FOR SMOKING
Term
Can tobacco smoke affect sperm?
Definition
YES, makes it abnormal so men should stop smoking within 3 months of trying to conceive.
Term
Treating smoking in pregnancy algorithm
Definition
1) Lowest effective dose nicotine gum/NRT
2) Nicotine patch --> remove after 16 hours to reduce nicotine exposure to fetus
3) can use Bupropion if no contraindications
Term
should Varenicline be used in combo therapy?
Definition
NO, increases risk of adverse effects
Term
Adverse effects of Varenicline
Definition
Nausea, Insomnia, *Neuropsychiatric effects*
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