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Small increase in dose of varenicline boosts smoking abstinence
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30322
Subject(s) - varenicline , medicine , abstinence , adverse effect , regimen , smoking cessation , pharmacology , psychiatry , pathology
Among a group of smokers who reduced their smoking but did not quit under a standard regimen of varenicline treatment, an increase in the dose improved the chance of achieving total abstinence, a new study has found. The higher dose led to improved results without exacerbating adverse effects, the researchers reported.