Clinical Psychiatry News - Bupropion no help longer term
Sunday, December 28th, 2008 The antidepressant bupropion hydrochloride does not significantly increase longer-term smoking cessation rates for some patients, despite several recent studies touting its use for this purpose, Dr. Joel A. Simon and his colleagues reported.
In a randomized, blinded trial conducted in the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center of 244 veterans who were moderate to heavy smokers, 121 subjects received a 7-week course of bupropion and 123 received placebo. All subjects were given 2…
