Term
| First line medications for smoking cessation |
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Definition
| Nicotine replacement therapy, bupropion, varenicline |
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Term
| Which first line smoking cessation agent should be used with caution in previously psychiatic illness pts, as it can cause neuropsychiatric effects |
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Definition
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Term
| Second line therapies for smoking cessation (not indicated) |
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Definition
Nortriptyline, clonidine
*NOT OFFICIALLY INDICATED FOR SMOKING |
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Term
| Can tobacco smoke affect sperm? |
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Definition
| YES, makes it abnormal so men should stop smoking within 3 months of trying to conceive. |
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Term
| Treating smoking in pregnancy algorithm |
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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 |
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Term
| should Varenicline be used in combo therapy? |
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Definition
| NO, increases risk of adverse effects |
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Term
| Adverse effects of Varenicline |
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Definition
| Nausea, Insomnia, *Neuropsychiatric effects* |
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