References & Sources - August 15, 1998 Antidepressant helps smokers to kick ash
The drug bupropion, which enhances the activity of the chemical messenger dopamine, shows promise in aiding cigarette smokers to give up their habit.
References:
Glassman, A.H. 1998. Psychiatry and cigarettes. Archives of General Psychiatry 55(August):692.
Hall, S.M., et al. 1998. Notriptyline and cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of cigarette smoking. Archives of General Psychiatry 55(August):683.
Further Readings:
Seppa, N. 1997. Antidepressants help smokers to quit. Science News 152(Nov. 15):319.
Sources:
Alexander H. Glassman
Columbia University
Department of Clinical Psychopharmacology
College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York, NY 10032Sharon M. Hall
University of California, San Francisco
Treatment Research Center
Box 0984TRC
401 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0984John R. Hughes
University of Vermont
Department of Psychiatry
38 Fletcher PI/Ira Allen School
Burlington, VT 05405-0002
8/15/98
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