Smoking is a very dangerous habit that can lead to irreversible consequences. Nicotine, which is contained in cigarettes, is highly addictive. But the worst thing is that it affects the respiratory organs, cardiovascular system, affects reproductive abilities, and can also cause cancer.
Many people have often thought about quitting smoking. However, it's very difficult to do this on your own. Nevertheless, science does not stand still, and scientists have developed special drugs from smoking. Thanks to them you can easily forget about the bad habit. Consider the most popular and popular means, when using which you can return to a healthy lifestyle and stop baiting your body.
So, all the drugs that pharmaceuticals offer to us today can be divided into two groups:
- nicotinopodnye - they contain nicotine;
- is a non-nicotine - in their composition, nicotine is absent.
Nicotine-like means
Tabex, Gamibazin, Cytisin - all these funds can be safely attributed to this group. Their principle of action is based on substitution therapy. A person who for a long time every day smokes a large number of cigarettes, has a physical dependence on nicotine. When you take the pill in the body begin to occur processes that are similar to the biochemical processes that occur when smoking. The person has similar feelings, and the need to smoke a cigarette disappears. Important is the fact that when taking the pill also there are side effects - the body produces a clear installation, that this feeling is harmful to health. Over time, the person himself understands that smoking is not worth it, a bad habit is forgotten.
Also worth mentioning is one more factor that makes the above mentioned tools effective. H-cholinergic receptors are very sensitive to excessive irritation. Almost every smoker knows - if you smoke an extra cigarette, immediately there is dizziness, dry mouth, quick breathing. So, the drugs of this group strongly irritate n-holinoretseptory. If a person will also smoke while taking the pill, then the irritation reaches the highest point - after each cigarette, the person will be ill. In the subconscious, the idea of smoking is dangerous.
Cytisin
The main advantages - an acceptable cost, you can buy the product without a prescription. The preparation contains an alkaloid, which is extracted from the leaves of thermopsis and broom. There are side effects, but they arise, mainly in case of an overdose and after the first decade of therapy pass.
Tabex
Contains the same alkaloid as Cytisine. The principle of the tool is based on two properties. The first is irritation of n-holinoretseptorov, the second - nicotine, contained in the composition of the drug, allows you to abandon another cigarette, causing sensations that are similar when smoking.
The two drugs have the same side effects:
- sleep disorder;
- dry mouth;
- migraines;
- dizziness.
After a week of application, side effects gradually disappear.
Lobesil
Contains an alkaloid with the same name, it is isolated from the leaves of Indian tobacco. It also has an effect on n-cholinergic receptors, triggering a nicotine-like reaction in the body. But this drug has no side effects. Quitting smoking is slower, but without unpleasant symptoms.
Gambazin
This is a chewing gum that helps to stop cigarettes. It also contains an alkaloid of the same name, which has an effect on n-cholinergic receptors. Reduces attraction to nicotine. The advantage of this remedy is that the active components normalize the work of the respiratory center. If the dosage is exceeded, unpleasant phenomena may occur in the form of nausea, dizziness. When correcting the dose, the state of health quickly returns to normal.
All of the above drugs have contraindications, they are the same:
- heart failure;
- pancreatitis;
- atherosclerosis;
- increased blood pressure;
- peptic ulcer and gastrointestinal diseases.
Means in which nicotine is absent
To date, this group of drugs can not boast of a variety. Their principle of operation is based on the following principles:
- the pleasure of smoking is lost;
- stabilizes the emotional background - in a stressful situation a person does not want to smoke a cigarette;
- decreases the severity of nicotine lumps, that is, if you refuse to smoke, a person does not feel irritability, fatigue.
When using the product, the pleasure zones that the smoker activates during the next tightening are blocked. Smoking no longer brings joy, becomes insipid, and in some cases even disgusting. Together with the fact that there is no abstinence syndrome with smoking cessation, a person easily refuses a bad habit.
Champix
The drug is based on a substance called varenicline. It affects certain areas of the brain, thereby reducing the craving for tobacco smoking. When you smoke, a person may feel worse, and at a subconscious level understands that it's time to give up the addiction, because it no longer brings pleasure. Relieves withdrawal symptoms, but has side effects, among which:
- lethargy, drowsiness;
- nausea and stomach pain;
- dizziness;
- insomnia.
If you experience severe side effects, consult your doctor as soon as possible.
Tabamex
Means against smoking of a new generation. Compared with all of the above mentioned preparations has many advantages:
- eliminates psychological dependence on cigarettes;
- causes a strong aversion to the smell and taste of smoke, thereby eliminating the occurrence of relapses;
- restores the cardiovascular system;
- allows you not to gain weight with a refusal to smoke.
In therapy with this drug in humans, not only nicotinic dependence disappears, but also the active components of the drug actively excrete toxins from the body. A month after the therapy the smoker completely forgets about the bad habit.
Zyban
This drug is an antidepressant, maintaining a high level of the hormone of happiness - dopamine. In stressful situations, the smoker does not reach for another cigarette, so this remedy is perfect for those who have a moral dependence. The drug facilitates withdrawal syndrome, and side effects from the fact that the body lacks nicotine, almost not felt.
Important information for people who quit smoking
Before using any drug, it is necessary to carefully examine - in the presence of certain diseases, the use of anti-smoking drugs is contraindicated. The ideal option is to seek advice from a doctor based on the general anamnesis, he will be able to recommend a remedy that will suit the patient perfectly.
Like any drug, anti-smoking drugs have side effects. It is worth remembering that they are temporary, and after a certain period of treatment will disappear completely. Getting rid of bad habits is difficult - it's not enough just to buy an effective remedy and start taking it, you need to wholeheartedly want to get rid of the bad habit. Willpower and perseverance are the main factors by which people manage to forget about cigarettes once and for all.
