Getting rid of nicotine addiction

Contents:

• Three stages of the development of this relationship
• Treatment of nicotine dependence
• Types of medical therapy

The problem of nicotine addiction the most urgent today. Smoke endangers the health of the smoker and his inner circle. According to statistics, between the ages of 25-65 years old, smokers are 18% women and 40% men. In the men puffed day from 10 to 20 cigarettes, and women - about 10 cigarettes. The frequency of cigarettes smoked increases with age and seniority.

This shows counter nicotine addiction. Treatment and disposal of tobacco dependence takes a lot of time and effort. According to doctors, smoking - a habit, and that it was easier to handle, the smoker must be for some time to take nicotine in whatever form, other than cigarettes: patch, chewing gum.

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Three stages of the development of this relationship

1. Initial - smoking is systematic. At this stage, there is a psychological dependence;
2. Chronic - develops physical dependence;
3. later - it is observed as a psychological and physical dependence.

In the first stage, the number of cigarettes smoked growing. Smokers improves health, increases efficiency, he feels comfortable. The duration of this stage lasts for 3-5 years. At the next stage, the number of cigarettes smoked becomes stable. The desire to smoke when there is any change in the situation of psychological or physical stress. This stage of development lasts from 6 to 15 years. At the last stage of smoking becomes automatic and gratuitous action.

The feeling of comfort is missing. There is a constant headache, deteriorating memory, decreased appetite. There is a pathology of the respiratory and cardiovascular system. These steps every smoker develops individually and depend on different factors: the first use, the quality of the tobacco, human health.
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Treatment of nicotine dependence

I hope that many of you do not smoke and do not intend to start or have already dropped. But if you are still addicted to nicotine, you probably know that the sooner quit the habit, the better for your health and the health of people close to you. Nicotine - one of the most dangerous plant poisons. It contains about 4,000 different toxic substances. 5% are dangerous for the organism.

These are ammonia, carbon monoxide, radioactive substances, lead, arsenic, formaldehyde, hydrogen sulfide, and many other dangerous compounds. Smoking causes serious diseases such as lung cancer, chronic bronchitis and cardiovascular disease. For example, a die of lung cancer in 90% of cases of chronic bronchitis - 75%, and heart disease - in 25% of cases. Nicotine affects the blood vessels, which leads to the development of atherosclerosis and other vascular diseases.

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Types of medical therapy

Get rid of dependence helps medical therapy. The main reason due to which people continue to smoke - it's nicotine dependence. The dependence is expressed in the desire to smoke, even realizing the full implications of this activity for health. For the treatment of addiction, various kinds of therapy.

• effective treatment of dependence on nicotine - nicotine replacement therapy. The bottom line is to facilitate the removal and destruction according to the mind of the smoker logical link between cigarette smoking and pleasure. It is the most advanced method in the treatment of tobacco dependence and based on the reception of pure nicotine, with a gradual reduction in the dose to 0. received nicotine thus absorbed more slowly compared with a cigarette. The essence of this method is to help every smoker to get rid of nicotine addiction in view of its characteristics and lifestyle.
• aversionnaya therapy - achieved with the help of an aversion to tobacco. Use a solution of silver nitrate, tannin mouthwash or anabasine for intramuscular injections within about 10-14 days.
• symptomatic therapy - treating the symptoms of disease without affecting the underlying cause and mechanisms of its development. The aim is to alleviate the suffering of the patient. Used sleeping pills, painkillers and heart.

It is proved that the use of drugs doubles the efficiency and helps get rid of dependence.

These include as Nicorette gum Nikoderm a patch and Nikotrol in spray form. The patch is most convenient to use than a spray or chewing gum, and a much better help to quit smoking, but it takes more time for the delivery of nicotine to the body. The duration of medication is on average 2 to 3 months.

Also in the treatment of nicotine addiction may be used antidepressants .  One such drug is bupropion .  It does not contain nicotine and widely used in the treatment of nicotine addiction .  Its action is due to the influence of such brain structures that affect the formation of nicotine addiction .  This drug helps to overcome depression, decreased attention, irritability and nervousness .  Side effects include headache, dry mouth .  Efficacy of the drug is much higher than that of the patch .  Also, prescribers, causing an aversion to tobacco, to prevent a return to smoking and sedatives: valerian, motherwort or other soothing herbs .  Some drugs can cause lethargy, drowsiness, impaired memory and attention .  To improve the preparations may be administered to improve metabolism and other functions of the organism .

According to statistics, nearly 70% of people claim that they would like to quit smoking but can not do it yourself.   Therefore, all the high hopes for drug therapy. The positive effect of the therapy is based on the desire of the person to get rid of this habit, as well as support the people around him. According to statistics, men to treat women better.