7 best smoking cures

About the dangers of smoking written volumes and volumes. But to quit smoking "iron will" is often not enough. Not only does nicotine have the properties of a nootrope, that is, it stimulates the brain and without this “doping” it becomes difficult for many. It also causes a powerful psychological dependence, not inferior in intensity to the dependence on heroin. Therefore, often, quitting smoking, you have to use pharmacological support. We have compiled a ranking of the best drugs that help get rid of nicotine addiction.

Rating of the best means of smoking

Nomination	a place	Name of product	price
The best smoking pills	1	Tabex	934 ₽
	2	Champix	1 263 ₽
	3	Nicotinell	570 ₽
	4	Bullfight plus	263 ₽
The best smoking adhesives	1	Nikvitin patch	890 ₽
	2	Protab	464 ₽
Top Smoking Sprays	1	Nicorette	829 ₽

The best smoking pills

Tablets, perhaps, one of the most convenient dosage forms: they can be carried with them and taken without attracting outside attention. Most tablets contain substances that act on the brain receptors like nicotine, reducing the need for it.

Tabex

Rating: 4.8.

Active ingredient: cytisine. This is a natural alkaloid that acts on the same receptors as nicotine, preventing abstinence. On the other hand, while taking cytisine, nicotine does not have the usual effect, because the recipes are already blocked and the cigarette begins to cause disgust. The tool is used in pharmacology for over 40 years.

In the first 3 days you need to take medicine every 2 hours, then gradually the duration between them increases up to complete failure. A full course of use is designed for 25 days, for this only one package per 100 tablets is sufficient.

So that the patient is not confused, the tablets in the package are divided into days of admission.

The manufacturer focuses on the completely vegetable origin of the product, but we dare to remind that cigarette tobacco is also a completely natural plant. So the natural origin of the active substance does not protect against possible side effects caused by pills from smoking:

1. increased blood pressure, palpitations;
2. headache, dizziness, sleep disturbances;
3. dyspnea,
4. dry mouth
5. loss of appetite,
6. nausea, vomiting, abdominal discomfort.

The tool is contraindicated for people under 18 and over 65 years of age who have had a heart attack or stroke, are suffering from severe atherosclerosis, are pregnant and are nursing.

Champix

Rating: 4.6

Active ingredient: Vareklinin.

The mechanism of action of these pills from smoking is similar to the effect of the previous means of our rating. The active ingredient binds to the same receptors as nicotine, reducing both abstinence and smoking pleasure.

Available in tablets of 0.5 and 1 mg, but given that the minimum dosage is needed only in the first week of treatment, it is better to use 1 mg tablets at once, dividing them in half.

It is recommended to start taking the medicine one week before the expected day of complete cessation of smoking.

In 1–3 days you need to take half a tablet 1 mg once a day, from 4 to 7, to ½ twice a day, then 1 tablet twice a day.

The course of treatment is 3 months.

Possible side effects:

1. nausea,
2. loss of appetite
3. headache,
4. insomnia or drowsiness.
5. changes in taste.

These smoking pills are contraindicated in children. pregnant and lactating, people with severe renal insufficiency.

Nicotinell

Rating: 4.5

Nicotine in its pure form without smoke and tar, packed in lozenges with mint flavor. Produced by the Swiss company Novartis. Available in two dosages - 1 and 2 mg. Those who smoke a day more packs a day is better to start with a dose of 2 mg.

At first, the medicine is recommended to be taken every 2 hours, holding in the mouth until complete resorption. At this time, it is permissible to take up to 15 tablets of 2 mg or up to 30-1 mg. Gradually, you need to reduce the number of receptions, until the complete cessation of use. There is no need to hurry with this, the recommended course of treatment is 3 months.

These smoking pills can cause side effects associated with the effects of nicotine on the body:

1. nausea. vomiting, abdominal discomfort,
2. stomatitis,
3. cough,
4. cardiopalmus,
5. dry throat, sore throat.

Among the disadvantages are the relatively high price and the extremely rare availability of medication in offline pharmacies. Those interested can purchase analogues: Nikorette, Nikvitin mini.

Bullfight plus

Rating: 4.2

The only herbal pills in our ranking of the best means of smoking. Contains calamus rhizome powder and peppermint extract. Strictly speaking, there is not a single study proving that these substances are capable of fighting off the craving for smoking, so the effect of the remedy is rather distracting. As soon as there is a desire to smoke, you need to put a pill under the tongue and dissolve. Up to 30 tablets are allowed per day, the course is 5-7 weeks.

Unlike other means of this rating, the Corrida Plus is not intended for substitution therapy, but should switch the patient's attention from a cigarette to a medicine. Because there are no confirmed scientific data on the effect of calamus rhizome on the craving for smoking, although it is well known as a folk remedy.

Reviews on the Internet about this drug are mostly positive. And given the lack of contraindications and side effects, these smoking pills can be recommended for those who prefer traditional medicine to evidence-based or to people who do not like stronger remedies.

The best smoking adhesives

At first glance, the patches seem more convenient pills: just stick it on the skin, hidden by clothes, and feel the effect up to a day. In fact, the patch can come off, just sweat a little, cause irritation to the skin. However, these means of smoking have their fans.

Nikvitin patch

Rating: 4.7

Or, as stated in the instructions, transdermal therapeutic system. Contains nicotine in dosages of 7, 14 and 21 mg per day, in a package of 7 patches.

Acts like nicotine tablet preparations, relieving withdrawal symptoms. The plaster must be stuck on the skin, the area of ​​which must be clean, dry and devoid of hair. You need to change the sticker once a day, and the next plate should be placed in another place.

Begin with a patch with a maximum nicotine content, after 6 weeks you need to switch to a lower dosage, after another 2 - to the minimum concentration. That is, the full course will last 10 weeks, nor is it recommended to reduce or prolong it yourself.

In the same way as with other nicotine-containing agents, side effects caused by nicotine overdose are possible during use.

Contraindications:

1. individual intolerance,
2. arrhythmia,
3. recent myocardial infarction,
4. unstable, progressive angina,
5. Prinzmetal angina (vasospastic),
6. transferred violation of cerebral circulation.

Possible analogues: Nicorette, Nicotinell.

Protab

Rating: 4.4

The patch from smoking Chinese-made. Contains Gautunia Herbina plant extract, the active substance of which binds to receptors sensitive to nicotine. The action is similar to the effects of the drugs described in the first section of our rating: reducing the craving for smoking and the pleasure derived from a cigarette.

Despite the fact that only possible allergic reactions are stipulated from side effects, the patch is not indicated for hypertensive patients. Other contraindications are pregnancy and childhood.

Means is applied only for a day, before going to bed it needs to be unstuck.

The recommended course of use is 3 to 10 weeks.

Top Smoking Sprays

We studied a lot of smoking sprays offered by Internet sites; among the seemingly many options, there was only one, which was duly registered for sale in Russia.

Of course, using the search on the Internet, you can find ads for many more sprays. But after analyzing the actively advertised funds, we found out that they were either removed from sale in Russia, and they have to be ordered in foreign pharmacies; or sold on dubious origin sites. A widely known drug produced in the US, allegedly in the US, is completely unknown to the English-language Internet, not to mention the official FDA website, without the sanction of which it is impossible to produce drugs and dietary supplements in the USA. That is, where it is actually produced, and what is inside this spray can not be checked.

We did not include in the rating, even if purely informational, preparations of an unknown manufacturer with an unverifiable composition and an unpredictable result of the action, which made the only position of the rating uncontested.

Nicorette

Rating: 4.3

Rating: 4.3.

A classic replacement therapy containing nicotine. Can be used alone or in combination with the same patch.

The main advantage of nicotine in the form of a spray is rapid absorption: the drug penetrates the mucous membrane in 3-5 minutes, and after 10-15 minutes a concentration is reached that is sufficient for the effects of nicotine to appear.

Spray should be used as soon as there is a desire to smoke, but not more often 4 times per hour. A total of 64 doses per day is allowed, but do not forget about a possible overdose. If a plaster is used simultaneously with the spray, the number of permissible "pshik" should be adjusted according to the instructions.

Possible adverse effects:

1. nausea, abdominal pain, dyspepsia, bloating;
2. dry mouth or, conversely, increased salivation,
3. headache,
4. taste disorders
5. heartbeat.

The tool is contraindicated only to children under 18 years of age and people with a known nicotine intolerance. During pregnancy and feeding, Nicorette can be used, but remembering that nicotine constricts the vessels of the placenta and penetrates into breast milk. However, the same thing happens with ordinary smoking, but along with nicotine, many other toxic products of tobacco combustion also enter the body.

It should be noted that any funds from smoking, even those collected in this rating, reduce, first of all, physical dependence. They cope with psychological dependence much worse.

Yes, many drugs help relieve nervousness and stress caused by quitting smoking. But no medicine can fill the void caused by the abandonment of the usual ritual and social interactions. A cigarette with morning coffee, smoke breaks at work, talking in a smoking room, smoking as a way to calm down or stimulate creative activity - all this becomes part of everyday life. Therefore, quitting smoking, it makes sense to think about it, independently or with the help of a psychologist, with which you can fill the void formed instead of these rituals. Then the process of giving up the bad habit will become much easier.

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Attention! This rating is subjective, is not advertising and does not serve as a guide to the purchase. Before buying, you should consult with a specialist.