BUPROPION
June 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
BUPROPION, better known as Zyban, may help with smoking cessation, says a pharmaceutical industry-funded study from the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Research on 893 subjects found the anti-depressant tripled quit rates among women and smokers with a history of depression, as compared to those taking placebos.
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BUPROPION, better known as Zyban, may help with smoking cessation, says a pharmaceutical industry-funded study from the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Research on 893 subjects found the anti-depressant tripled quit rates among women and smokers with a history of depression, as compared to those taking placebos.
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