{"id":1092,"date":"2014-12-18T00:10:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T06:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mastercl.wwwsrc7.supercp.com\/blog\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2014-12-18T00:10:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T06:10:38","slug":"cytisine-the-overlooked-natural-way-to-stop-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mastercleansesecrets.com\/blog\/stop-smoking\/cytisine-the-overlooked-natural-way-to-stop-smoking\/1092\/","title":{"rendered":"Cytisine, the overlooked natural way to stop smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"

healthline.com<\/a> reports on a natural way to help you stop smoking…<\/p>\n

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Smoking accounts for more avoidable public health damage than anything else, including obesity. The path to giving up the vice is paved with smoking cessation aids, such as nicotine gums and patches and the drug varenicline (Chantix).<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s another treatment that works at least as well. Though it\u2019s been in use since the 1960s, many American doctors have never heard of it<\/strong>. It costs a fraction of what Pfizer\u2019s Chantix does, and it\u2019s even cheaper than patches and gums.<\/p>\n

The treatment is cytisine, a plant-based drug that blocks nicotine receptors in the brain much like Chantix does.<\/strong> The drug has been used to treat more than 20 million people.<\/p>\n

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According to a study<\/a> just published in the New England Journal of Medicine, it is at least as effective as nicotine replacement in helping smokers quit and avoid relapses.<\/p>\n

Natalie Walker, Ph.D., a research fellow at New Zealand\u2019s National Institute for Health Innovation, tracked 1310 patients who had called New Zealand\u2019s smoking-cessation hotline. The groups were randomized by ethnicity, gender, and level of addiction.<\/p>\n

Half of the volunteers got nicotine replacement therapy and half got cytisine. Both groups got behavioral support as well, which public health groups say is a key part of any effort to quit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After one month, 4 in 10 people using cytisine said they hadn\u2019t smoked. Among those who received nicotine-replacement therapy, 3 in 10 had avoided smoking. At two and six months, more cytisine users were still tobacco-free. The drug was particularly effective for women.<\/p>\n

Dr. Norman Edelman, a senior medical advisor at the American Lung Association (ALA), said the group \u201cis happy to see a new entity available for smoking cessation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ALA encourages people to quit smoking, however they do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cQuitting smoking is the single best thing you can do to improve your health and extend your life,\u201d Edelman said.<\/p>\n

Quitting for Less<\/h2>\n

If smokers can quit for less money, all the better.<\/p>\n

Most of the world\u2019s smokers live in developing countries and can\u2019t access high-cost smoking cessation aids. According to World Health Organization data<\/a>, smoking rates are highest in Pacific Island and Eastern European nations. In Latvia, one-third of all adults smoke.<\/p>\n

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Cytisine, which Walker called \u201cthe poor man\u2019s varenicline,\u201d may be more practical.<\/p>\n

According to the new study and to the consumer drug comparison site GoodRx, a 25-day standard course of cytisine runs about $25. One month\u2019s worth of varenicline costs roughly $300. (At the median cost in the United States, a pack-a-day smoking habit costs slightly more than that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The cost of nicotine replacement varies, but a month\u2019s worth of nicotine patches goes for about $80.<\/p>\n

Bridging the Knowledge Gap<\/h2>\n

\u201cCytisine is really, really cheap and it\u2019s quite effective, so why isn\u2019t it everywhere?\u201d Walker asked.<\/p>\n

One reason is the side effects, which were more common in the study group taking cytisine. Of those with side effects, more than 80 percent said they would recommend it. The side effects are similar to those of Chantix: bad dreams, nausea, and vomiting.<\/p>\n

The bigger issue is a knowledge gap about the drug.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMost of the research [on cytisine] has been undertaken in countries that are non-English speaking and the studies are published in journals that aren\u2019t in English. So the Western world just ignores them,\u201d Walker said.<\/p>\n

The studies that were used to develop dosing recommendations, for instance, are not publicly available.<\/p>\n

Four European Union countries have approved the drug, while 12 countries outside the union have, according to Walker. The Food and Drug Administration has not approved it for use in the United States.<\/p>\n

Extab Pharmaceutical holds the licensing rights to one of two brand name versions of the drug, Tabex. The company plans to conduct a clinical trial of Tabex in the United States. Extab is backed by a pharmaceutical investment company that brings neglected drugs to market.<\/p>\n

Walker\u2019s goal for the study was to open the door for more research on the drug in Western countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe need to get to know more about this medicine,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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