How does bupropion work as a smoking cessation aid?

C Warner, M Shoaib - Addiction biology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
… clinical trials of bupropion as a smoking cessation aid, taking … : bupropion is relatively effective
as a smoking cessation aid. … as successful in demonstrating the efficacy of bupropion as a …

Bupropion as an aid to smoking cessation: a review of real‐life effectiveness

S Holmes, N Zwar, CA Jiménez‐Ruiz… - … journal of clinical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
… value (effectiveness) of a new treatment is fully known. The purpose of this review was to
summarise the effectiveness data for bupropion SR as an aid to smoking cessation. Available …

Bupropion sustained release and smoking cessation

MG Goldstein - Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1998 - psychiatrist.com
bupropion SR is effective in promoting long-term smoking cessation when combined with
brief counseling, bupropion SR 300 mg/day produces the highest short-term quit rates of all …

Bupropion: a review of its use in the management of smoking cessation

KJ Holm, CM Spencer - Drugs, 2000 - Springer
… by which bupropion acts as an aid in smoking cessation is unknown, as is its exact
mechanism of antidepressant activity.[17] However, as reviewed previously,[18,19] bupropion is …

Review of bupropion for smoking cessation

R Richmond, N Zwar - Drug and alcohol review, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
… difference between bupropion and nortriptyline when used for smoking cessation, although
… the effectiveness of bupropion. There were higher abstinence rates for bupropion than …

Bupropion for smoking cessation: a randomized trial

JA Simon, C Duncan, TP Carmody… - Archives of internal …, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
… 7-week course of bupropion to standard smoking cessation therapy that included
cognitive-behavioral counseling and NRT did not significantly increase quit rates at any point during …

The use of bupropion SR in cigarette smoking cessation

S Wilkes - International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
… Those who return following successful cessation are given the remainder of the … of bupropion,
the recent evidence for its effectiveness as a smoking cessation agent, its cost effectiveness

Effectiveness of bupropion sustained release for smoking cessation in a health care setting: a randomized trial

GE Swan, T McAfee, SJ Curry, LM Jack… - Archives of Internal …, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
… of the first effectiveness trial of bupropion SR to be conducted, in which the higher dose
of bupropion SR does not demonstrate a clear advantage for long-term cessation, further …

Sustained-release bupropion for pharmacologic relapse prevention after smoking cessation: a randomized, controlled trial

JT Hays, RD Hurt, NA Rigotti, R Niaura… - Annals of internal …, 2001 - acpjournals.org
… intervention for smoking cessation, both as a single therapy … bupropion is effective for
initiating abstinence from smoking … prolonged bupropion treatment in recently abstinent smokers

Bupropion SR as an aid to smoking cessation in smokers treated previously with bupropion: a randomized placebo‐controlled study

DH Gonzales, MA Nides, LH Ferry… - Clinical …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… in their previous smoking cessation attempts with bupropion achieved higher abstinence …
In conclusion, bupropion SR is an effective medication for retreatment of smokers who have …