Open AccessNicotine replacement therapy: A friend or foe
Author(s) -
Rajkumari E Devi,
Diplina Barman,
Shruti Sinha,
Suranjana J Hazarika,
Shantanu Das
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_313_20
Subject(s) - medicine , nicotine replacement therapy , nicotine , smoking cessation , psychological intervention , smokeless tobacco , tobacco harm reduction , pharmacotherapy , adverse effect , craving , intensive care medicine , tobacco control , psychiatry , tobacco use , environmental health , public health , nursing , pharmacology , addiction , pathology , population
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC), tobacco cessation is a primary health-care service that should be provided not only to the people having adverse habits of consuming tobacco but also to the nonconsumer, as they can also be harmed due to its deleterious effects. Tobacco has been regarded as a potential risk factor for oral diseases such as oral potentially malignant disorders and oral cancers. Various aids of achieving cessation have been studied, including education of the ill effects of tobacco to the patient, behavioral counseling, and pharmacotherapy. Various pharmacological interventions are available nowadays but nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is most widely used. The various types of NRT products results in general and breakthrough craving relief with immediate release of nicotine. All of these products have different levels of efficacy and variable rates of nicotine absorption. Knowledge of these will be beneficial for the patients, the budding dentist and the nation in the upcoming days ahead.