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Medicines To Help You Stop Smoking - Are They Effective?
from: David SmytheToday, conservative as well as alternative medicines to help you stop smoking are present in the market. The article which follows is a comparative study of the two types.
Quit smoking medicines can be classified as two kinds, they are conventional and alternative medication. The conventional medication is what is prescribed by the doctors. This type of medication is supplemented with other smoke cessation therapies. This means that the drugs on their own are not really effective. Alternative medication is on the rise in today's world and it is nothing but solutions that are prepared from natural herbs and is considered to be safe and effective.
Conventional medicines have been in use for a very long time but only recently have they been really developed. Many famous brands of medicines like Chantix, Zyban, Wellbutrin and NicVAX are recommended to smokers. The common factor among these medicines is that they all have antidepressant properties and the body will slowly become immune to them. After this happens the effect that remains is not very effective. The urges are only controlled to a certain extent.
In fact a lot of doctors are of the opinion that these drugs are not lasting in their effects. As these medicines are mainly antidepressants they let the body get used to them over a period after that the effect does not last. Also though these medicines are probably useful for smokers with mild habit they are ineffective when it comes to people who are hardened smokers.
It is because of these reasons that doctors usually recommend these conventional medicines along with therapies like nicotine patch. The nicotine patch therapy is itself controversial as it does contain nicotine. The question of how effective nicotine will be in weaning away nicotine addiction is something that is debated even today in the field of medicine. Although behavioural therapies are recommended, the effectiveness is very subjective.
Herbal extracts are the alternative medicines that are used in smoking therapies. Unlike the conventional medicines, these medicines are not only antidepressants, but they also act at various levels. These herbal medicines create a hatred for nicotine in the smoker making it much easier for them to stay away from the addiction. At the same time they also play the role of antidepressants and they are much safer antidepressants as they are made from natural herbs and can be recommended to different types of people.
Herbal stop smoking medicine is formulated to repair the damage that smoking has already caused in the body. This is not a quick process, and indeed, in some people a total healing process can take up to ten years. The length of the healing time would depend on the extent to which smoke has damaged the smoker's body.
Lobelia is an often used herbal medicine that helps stop smoking. It is like tobacco if tasted but of course does not contain the same addictive properties. Quit smoking cigarettes are made using this. This is effective as smoking these cigarettes gives the smoker the same satisfaction but does not harm the body and mind in a way that nicotine cigarettes are sure to do. Other such helpful herbs are Saint John's Wort, Kava Kava and chamomile.
The use of alternative medicines to stop smoking is actually showing better results in actual use and in tests. Though the FDA is yet to approve the use of these herbal medicines, the acceptance of its effectiveness is in the prime USP.
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