Effect of pre-treatment with nicotine patch on withdrawal symptoms and abstinence rates in smokers subsequently quitting with the nicotine patch: A randomized controlled trial

Addiction

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 634-640

  Schuurmans, Macé M ^a   Diacon, Andreas H ^a   Van Biljon, Xandra ^a   Bolliger, Chris T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Nicotine replacement therapy; Smoking cessation; Transdermal nicotine replacement; Withdrawal symptoms

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NICOTINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHEMA; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342438735     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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