Even as you are reading this, advances are being made in the field of medications designed to help you quit smoking. As it happens, a new application as a stop smoking aid has been found for a medication that has been around for some time. While it won’t eliminate all of your cravings by itself, it can help. There is no panacea for smoking cessation, but a little help can go a long way.What is this drug, you ask? For its application as a smoking cessation aid, it is being sold under the name Zyban (the active ingredient is bupropion hydrochloride). The same drug has been sold as an antidepressant under the name Wellbutrin for quite some time now. Zyban is being promoted as the first non-nicotine drug on the market to treat addiction to nicotine.Zyban works by boosting the levels in the brain of dopamine and norepinephrine, which is the same effect that nicotine has upon the brain. It mimics the action of nicotine, which reduces cravings for cigarettes themselves.Using this drug may give smokers the same sense of well being as does nicotine, while being able to wean themselves off of cigarettes. Many ex-smokers have had success with […]

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