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Genetic variation in nicotine metabolism predicts the efficacy of extended-duration transdermal nicotine therapy.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 May 2010
Lerman C, Jepson C, Wileyto E P, Patterson F, Schnoll R, Mroziewicz M, Benowitz N, Tyndale R F
Abstract excerpt
In a placebo-controlled trial, we examined the efficacy of a 6-month ("extended") transdermal nicotine therapy vs. the 8-week ("standard") therapy in 471 Caucasian smokers with either normal or reduced rates of nicotine metabolism as determined at pretreatment. Extended therapy was superior to st...
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