Nicotine Replacement Combined with a Novel Compound (ProBAN) for Smoking Cessation: A Pilot Study

BACKGROUND: Smoking cessation rates with available pharmacological therapies remain suboptimal. Anecdotal observations with a combination of sublingual pralidoxime and ipratropium (ProBAN) suggested that these agents in combination with nicotine gum improved quit rates.

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Main Authors: Richard Leigh, Norman M Viner, Gerard Cox, Jeffrey W Balon, Douglas MC Wilson, Denise O’Shaughnessy, Corinne Walker, Gerry Brosky, Malcolm R Sears
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2001-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/947097
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Nicotine Replacement Combined with a Novel Compound (ProBAN) for Smoking Cessation: A Pilot Study
Canadian Respiratory Journal
title Nicotine Replacement Combined with a Novel Compound (ProBAN) for Smoking Cessation: A Pilot Study
title_full Nicotine Replacement Combined with a Novel Compound (ProBAN) for Smoking Cessation: A Pilot Study
title_fullStr Nicotine Replacement Combined with a Novel Compound (ProBAN) for Smoking Cessation: A Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed Nicotine Replacement Combined with a Novel Compound (ProBAN) for Smoking Cessation: A Pilot Study
title_short Nicotine Replacement Combined with a Novel Compound (ProBAN) for Smoking Cessation: A Pilot Study
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