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CHANTIX VS ZYBAN
Chantix or Zyban?
These two medications, Chantix and Zyban have amazing results
in smoking cessation. While both Chantix and Zyban reduce
the craving for nicotine, the mechanism of Chantix is different
from Zyban. Chantix helps reduce nicotine craving and withdrawal
effects in smokers whereas Zyban has been approved for use
as an antidepressant. After later research, Zyban has been
approved as an aid to patients who want to quit smoking by
FDA in 1997. Pfizer scientists developed medicine specifically
to help smokers quit - Chantix (Varenicline). This medicine
got approved by the FDA in May 2006.
Chantix vs Zyban
Zyban works by reducing the craving for
nicotine in smokers on a neurological level by boosting chemical
levels in the brain.
Chantix partially activates the nicotine receptors in the
brain thereby reducing the craving for nicotine and withdrawal
symptoms. If smoking is resumed, the effects of nicotine on
the brain are diminished and it helps reducing the craving
for nicotine.
Zyban boosts chemical levels in the brain to
create less of urge to smoke while Chantix works on nicotine
receptors in the brain to create less of urge to smoke.
In scientific researchs, Chantix has been proven
to be more effective in helping smokers quit than Zyban the
only other nonnicotine prescription medicine for smoking cessation.
The comparative studies show that Chantix is
far more effective than Zyban even with fewer dosages:
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