The famous doctor knows how to quit smoking quickly and permanently, even with the use of medications.
How to quit smoking forever
According to statistics, 6 million people die every year from tobacco – many times more than from AIDS and tuberculosis! Then the doctor Aleksandr Myashnikov insists you must quit smoking now! Even if you quit smoking, you’ll be at risk of cardiovascular disease for another 2-3 years and cancer for 5-6 years.
Research confirms that a clear cessation of smoking is preferable to a gradual reduction in the number of cigarettes smoked. Remember, everything is transient. And mood swings, a tendency to depression and malaise. We just have to be patient!
Get rid of nicotine addiction
Dr. Myasnikov recommends involving your doctor in the process of treating chronic smoking and following medical recommendations.
Then, one week before day X, the patient is advised to start taking one of the two approved smoking cessation drugs. The first is bupropion (Zyban), an antidepressant that not only helps relieve symptoms but also prevents 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, it blocks nicotinic receptors, thus reducing the pleasure of nicotine. At the same time, the substance itself is structurally similar to nicotine and has its properties to a very small extent, which relieves withdrawal symptoms. Take 0.5 mg for the first 3 days, then double the dose for the next 4 days, starting on day 7 – 1 mg twice daily for 12 weeks.
When cigarettes are “thrown into the abyss”, the patient immediately begins to use nicotine patches, chewing gum, sucking lozenges or sprays in the nose with a measured amount of nicotine.
