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07.02.07: We will help you to give up smoking!
Smoking may cause various diseases, which may be divided into three groups: malignant, cardio-vascular and respiratory. So if a person gives up smoking, it prolongs his life and positively affects the quality of it.
However, it is no easy to give up smoking, because nicotine, containing in tobacco smoke, forms strong physical dependence. Statistics shows, that 95% of those trying to give up smoking during a year, fail to do it.
In our practice we are using substitutive therapy based on nicotine – containing medications, and antidepressants in case of necessity. The doze of medications and period of treatment depend on the level of physical dependence.
First visit consists of a medical check-up, discussion of the pre-existing medical conditions. The doctor determines a level of physical dependence and prescribes treatment. The treatment may be corrected during the second visit.
The method of nicotine dependence treatment was recommended by the World Health Organization and is widely used in Western Countries.
Denis Gorbachev, Cardiologist, American Medical Center
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