The famous doctor knows how to quit smoking quickly and permanently, including with the use of medications.
How to quit smoking forever
According to statistics, 6 million people die from tobacco every year, many times more than from AIDS and tuberculosis! Therefore the doctor Alexander Myasnikov insists that you need to quit smoking right now! Even if you get rid of smoking, you will be at risk for cardiovascular diseases for another 2-3 years and for cancer for 5-6 years.
Research confirms that a sharp cessation of smoking is preferable to a gradual reduction in the number of cigarettes smoked. Remember, everything is transitory. And mood swings, and a tendency to depression, and feeling unwell. We just have to be patient!
Get rid of nicotine addiction
Dr. Myasnikov recommends involving your doctor in the process of curing chronic smoking and following medical recommendations.
So, a week before day X, the patient is advised to start taking one of the two drugs approved for smoking cessation. The first is Bupropion (Zyban), an antidepressant that not only helps relieve symptoms, but also keeps you from gaining too much weight. 1 tablet for the first 3 days, then 2 per day, on average 7-12 weeks.
Another drug is Varenicline or Chantix. Recently appeared, blocks nicotinic receptors, thus reducing the pleasure of nicotine. At the same time, the substance itself is structurally similar to nicotine and possesses its properties to a very small extent, which alleviates withdrawal symptoms. Take 0.5 mg for the first 3 days, then double the dose for the next 4 days, starting from day 7 – 1 mg twice a day for 12 weeks.
When cigarettes are “thrown into the abyss”, the patient immediately begins to use nicotine patches, chewing gums, sucking lozenges or sprays in the nose with a metered amount of nicotine.