Clinical Psychiatry News - Bupropion as adjunct to patch yields long-term results.(Addiction Psychiatry)(Clinical report)

PARIS — Enhancing a smoking cessation program with a daily dose of bupropion enabled a small group of schizophrenia patients to stay off nicotine in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial reported by Dr. Tony P. George at the annual congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

All patients received 10 weeks of behavioral therapy during which they wore a transdermal nicotine patch 24 hours a day. In addition, 27 patients took 300 mg of bupropion SR daily, while 27 patients received a placebo.

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At the conclusion of the intervention, 30% of the bupropion group …

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