| Several therapies have entered the market to | | | | |
| help smokers curb the smoking habit. No | | | | However, antidepressant drugs have one great |
| sooner is one treatment method entrenched in | | | | failing - they cannot be used in all kinds of |
| the market than another new stop smoking | | | | people. There are several contraindications |
| medication makes its debut on the shelves. | | | | for them, and people with serious disease |
| This inundation of treatment methods has | | | | conditions like diabetes mellitus and liver |
| actually flummoxed the person who wants to | | | | and kidney problems must strictly avoid their |
| give up smoking. If you are a smoker thinking | | | | use. In some people - especially young teens |
| to give up, then it is necessary to make a | | | | - both varenicline and buproprion can |
| comparison of the various kinds of new stop | | | | stimulate suicidal tendencies. |
| smoking medication so that you know what will | | | | |
| work the best for you. | | | | That is the reason why the very new stop |
| | | | smoking medication - the herbal remedies - |
| Nicotine replacement methods are not that new | | | | have become so hugely popular. These contain |
| actually - they have spent some years on the | | | | a very judicious blend of herbs that can work |
| shelves. But still they are so popularly used | | | | in several ways to heal a person from smoking |
| nowadays that people think they are new | | | | addiction. Herbs like Saint John's Wort and |
| entrants in the market. These come in various | | | | chamomile have been used for their |
| forms like patches, gums, lozenges, etc. All | | | | antidepressant properties for centuries, |
| of them contain nicotine as the main | | | | while herbs like lobelia and cinnamon can |
| ingredient. When a person uses a nicotine | | | | actually make the taste of nicotine |
| replacement product, then he or she is | | | | unbearable to a smoker. For this reason, a |
| getting a fix of nicotine, which helps to | | | | proper formulation of these herbs can cure |
| keep away the urge for the real cigarette. | | | | the smoking addiction like nothing else can. |
| This works because pure nicotine is not as | | | | |
| harmful as the other ingredients in the | | | | Apart from acting as antidepressants, these |
| cigarette, especially tar. | | | | herbal remedies can flush out the toxic |
| | | | buildup in the smoker's body. This is a very |
| But even with nicotine replacement methods, | | | | advantageous edge over other new stop smoking |
| depression is common. In fact, the depression | | | | medications that are thronging the market. |
| could lead to the person becoming demoralized | | | | |
| and return back to active smoking. For this | | | | Among the recent popular brands that have |
| reason, different antidepressants have been | | | | infiltrated the market, remedies like SmokeRX |
| developed. In fact, popular new stop smoking | | | | stand apart simply because they have the |
| medication is in the form of antidepressants | | | | right blend of herbs and not just fillers. |
| such as varenicline (brand name Chantix) and | | | | For this reason, these remedies work very |
| buproprion (Wellbutrin). Both of these help | | | | effectively and also show quick results. In |
| the body's nervous system to cope with the | | | | fact, their acting time is oftentimes so |
| depletion of active nicotine from the | | | | short that the person can completely quit |
| receptor cells, which controls the | | | | smoking, without having to go through the |
| depression. | | | | excruciating cold turkey phase. |
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| These drugs are also helpful to a great | | | | Also, it is slightly wrong to classify herbal |
| extent in cold turkey situations. Doctors | | | | remedies as new stop smoking medication, |
| prescribe both Chantix and Wellbutrin to a | | | | because they have been in use since thousands |
| large extent, but suggest the quitting | | | | of years. It is only recently that products |
| smokers to keep the medications supplemented | | | | are being made by blending several of these |
| with a healthy diet and lifestyle. | | | | effective herbs in the right proportion. |