Pharmacotherapeutic Approaches in Tobacco Cessation and its Challenges: A Review

Authors

  • Akshyata Panda1 , Anurag Satpathy2 , Rinkee Mohanty3 , Rashmita Nayak2 , Abhaya Chandra Das4 , Saurav Panda4, Gatha Mohanty5

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.13034

Keywords:

Tobacco cessation, Pharmacotherapy, NRT, Nicotine, Nicotine Patch, Bupropion.

Abstract

Tobacco use is a global menace and leading cause of cancers and death. Tobacco cessation strategies are
being formulated world over to curb this problem. Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) such as chewing
gum, patches and inhaler and drugs like Bupropion have shown some success in smoking cessation rates in
the short and long terms

Author Biography

  • Akshyata Panda1 , Anurag Satpathy2 , Rinkee Mohanty3 , Rashmita Nayak2 , Abhaya Chandra Das4 , Saurav Panda4, Gatha Mohanty5

    1
    Post Graduate Student, 2Professor, 3Professor and Head, 4Reader, 5Senior Lecturer, Department of Periodontics
    and Oral Implantology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University),
    Khandagiri Square, Bhubaneswar-751003 Odisha, India

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Published

2020-10-29

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Section

Articles

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en

How to Cite

Pharmacotherapeutic Approaches in Tobacco Cessation and its Challenges: A Review. (2020). Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 14(4), 8527-8531. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.13034