Penn study shows genes may affect response to different quit-smoking medications
...Ins C variant were significantly more likely to be abstinent at the six-month follow-up if they used Zyban©, as compared to smokers carrying the Del C variant. By contrast, smokers carrying the Del C variant had significantly higher quit rates if they used NRTs as compared to those with the Ins C variant....Desire to stop drinking could be more important than therapy
...ing outcome was measured in two ways, percent days abstinent (PDA) and drinks per drinking day (DDD). In one analysis, the participants of the study were divided into three groups: those who had attended either none, one, or all twelve of the treatment sessions. Overall, Cutler and Fishbain's data showed tha...Integrated chemical-dependency and mental-health treatment best for adolescents
... needed psychiatric services are more likely to be abstinent from both alcohol and drugs than those not receivi...eiving psychiatric services were more likely to be abstinent from both alcohol and drugs than those not receiving those services. "This is one of the few studies...Abnormal lung cancer screening results may help smokers quit
...ng test are increasingly likely to quit and remain abstinent from smoking over three years. Because up to 70 ...baseline smokers who had three abnormal scans were abstinent from smoking, compared to 28 percent who had two abnormal scans and 24 percent and 20 percent who ha...Brain region recovery possible in former methamphetamine users
...hamphetamine for one to five years and 16 recently abstinent methamphetamine users who had not used the drug for one to six months with 13 healthy, non-substance-using controls using a method of brain imaging, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), that allows the visualization of biochemical markers th...