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Cytisine for smoking cessation: as good as nicotine replacement — and cheap
Cytisine (金雀花鹼 )
"The lower price of cytisine as compared with that of other pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation may make it an affordable treatment to advance smoking cessation globally."
Cytisine is a pyridine-like alkaloid. Cytisine exhibits similar pharmacological effects to nicotine - the two molecules are structurally similar.
After a month, 40% of cytisine-takers reported continuous abstinence, compared to 31% of those getting nicotine replacement. The benefits held at 6 months, when 22% of those taking cytisine reported smoking abstinence compared to 15% of those using nicotine replacement.
"The lower price of cytisine as compared with that of other pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation may make it an affordable treatment to advance smoking cessation globally."
Cytisine is a pyridine-like alkaloid. Cytisine exhibits similar pharmacological effects to nicotine - the two molecules are structurally similar.
After a month, 40% of cytisine-takers reported continuous abstinence, compared to 31% of those getting nicotine replacement. The benefits held at 6 months, when 22% of those taking cytisine reported smoking abstinence compared to 15% of those using nicotine replacement.
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