Should nortriptyline be used as a first-line aid to help smokers quit? Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis

Addiction

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-326

  Wagena, Edwin J ^a,b   Knipschild, P ^a   Zeegers, M P A ^c,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Pulmonary Rehabilitation Centre Hornerheide   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Meta analysis; Nortriptyline; Smoking cessation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COTININE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PLACEBO;

ABSTINENCE; ADDICTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSTIPATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSGEUSIA; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERNET; MEDLINE; MENTAL IRRITATION; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCINFO; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING CESSATION; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; XEROSTOMIA;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; HUMANS; NORTRIPTYLINE; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14944364686     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.00998.x     Document Type: Review

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