Varenicline with nicotine lozenges vs varenicline in hospitalized daily smokers
Benjamin Toll, Professor at Medical University of South Carolina, shared a paper by Gregory R. Weeks et al. on X:
“Great paper in JAMA Network Open regarding combination varenicline and nicotine lozenges vs varenicline.
Conclusions: “In this randomized clinical trial of the combination of varenicline and NRT lozenges in hospitalized adult daily smokers, the combination treatment improved self-reported abstinence compared with varenicline alone, without compromising safety, but it did not improve biochemically validated abstinence.””
Source: Benjamin Toll/X
Authors: Gregory R. Weeks, Rukshar K. Gobarani, Michael J. Abramson, Billie Bonevski, Ashley Webb, Dennis Thomas, Eldho Paul, Muhammad R. Sarwar, Brian J. Smith, Sharmilla Perinpanathan, Sue Kirsa, Jacqueline Parkinson, Darshana Meanger, Lisa Coward, Olivia Rofe, Paula Lee, Denise van den Bosch, Johnson George