Nicotine Dependence
Nicotine dependence is a state of dependence upon nicotine. Nicotine dependence is a chronic, relapsing disease defined as a compulsive craving to use the drug, despite social consequences, loss of control over drug intake, and emergence of withdrawal symptoms. Tolerance is another component of drug dependence.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: PW133
Diagnosis: Nicotine Dependence
US Patients:
World Patients: 976 Million Smokers
Sex Ratio:
Age Onset:
Brain Area: Nicotine stimulates receptors in the adrenal medulla and throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Symptoms: Nicotine stimulates brain areas affecting reward, pleasure and anxiety and induce cravings when not involved.
Progression:
Causes: Several genes are involved in dependency; compulsive craving for nicotine despite knowing consequences;
Medications: There are drugs and patches to reduce responsiveness to nicotine.
Therapies: Evidence-Based Medicine increases quitting by 2-3X.
Youttube Video:
The Neurobiology of Addiction-The Reward Pathway
Amazon or Library Book: Nicotine Explained
Click the book to link or buy from Amazon.
Support Group: nicotine-anonymous.org; 877-879-6422
(Nicotine Anonymous)
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- Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: Prevalence, Predictors, and Associated In-Hospital Adverse Eventsby Omar Elkattawy on May 7, 2024
Introduction The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of ventricular tachycardia (VT) among patients admitted with takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) as well as to analyze the predictors of VT and the predictors of mortality among patients admitted with TCM. Methods Data were obtained from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database from January 2016 to December 2019. Patients with a primary diagnosis of TCM were selected using ICD-10 code I51.81. Subsequently, the study population...
- Non-Tobacco Nicotine Dependence and Rates of Postoperative Complications in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Propensity-Matched Comparisonby Sterling J DeShazo on May 7, 2024
INTRODUCTION: Tobacco use elevates the incidence of postoperative complications and remains a key modifiable risk factor of perioperative surgical optimization. It remains unclear whether non-tobacco nicotine dependence confers an increased risk of surgical complications. This study evaluates postoperative complications in patients with non-tobacco nicotine dependence for total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
- Comparative effectiveness of remote digital gamified and group CBT skills training interventions for anxiety and depression among college students: Results of a three-arm randomised controlled trialby Jason Bantjes on May 7, 2024
Digital interventions can enhance access to healthcare in under-resourced settings. However, guided digital interventions may be costly for low- and middle-income countries, despite their effectiveness. In this randomised control trial, we evaluated the effectiveness of two digital interventions designed to address this issue: (1) a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Skills Training (CST) intervention that increased scalability by using remote online group administration; and (2) the SuperBetter...
- Multi-level prediction of substance use: Interaction of white matter integrity, resting-state connectivity and inhibitory control measured repeatedly in every-day lifeby Valentine Chirokoff on May 6, 2024
Substance use disorders are characterized by inhibition deficits related to disrupted connectivity in white matter pathways, leading via interaction to difficulties in resisting substance use. By combining neuroimaging with smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA), we questioned how biomarkers moderate inhibition deficits to predict use. Thus, we aimed to assess white matter integrity interaction with everyday inhibition deficits and related resting-state network connectivity to...