Nicotine and Smoking: Pharmacotherapies - Current Status

Smoking is the predominant form of nicotine use, the largest preventable cause of cancer and cancer-related deaths worldwide. The FDA has approved a number of medical treatments for the treatment of tobacco dependence, including patches, antidepressant medications, vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and enzymes capable of catabolizing nicotine.

About the author

Dottorato di ricerca in Scienze fisiologiche presso l'UNAM. Ricercatore in Scienze Mediche "D" presso il National Institutes of Health. Ricercatore responsabile del Laboratorio di Neurofarmacologia comportamentale, Microchirurgia e Terapeutica sperimentale delle dipendenze dell'Istituto Nazionale di Psichiatria "Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz". Ricercatore nazionale II del CONACyT.

Product details

• Authors: Susana Barbosa, Alberto Salazar-Juarez
• Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2023
• EAN: 9786206857136
• ISBN: 9786206857136
• No. of pages: 88
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General