{"id":342731,"date":"2015-01-17T09:31:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T01:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/smoking-blood-test-quit-good-342731.html"},"modified":"2015-01-17T09:31:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T01:31:55","slug":"smoking-blood-test-quit-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/medical-news-hk\/smoking-blood-test-quit-good-342731.html","title":{"rendered":"Smoking: A blood test away from quitting for good?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tabac\"<\/span><\/p>

Patches, vaporizers<\/a>, or simply the\u00a0fortified human will to stop... the\u00a0means to quit smoking<\/strong> are no longer a secret. A study published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal deduced that everyone should follow one method according to how fast their body eliminates nicotine.<\/p>

TABACO: A BESPOKE TREATMENT?<\/span> <\/h2>

A study was conducted on 1,246 smokers who were adamant to put\u00a0down the cigarette<\/a> once and for all. Some of the participants could breakdown nicotine faster than the rest, so the researchers grouped them\u00a0as normal and slow metabolizers.<\/p>

Those who process this addictive element in a cigarette\u00a0at a\u00a0faster rate\u00a0are more likely to be heavy smokers facing difficulties to quit.\u00a0In this study, each group was\u00a0divided into\u00a0three more groups: one treated with nicotine patches and a placebo pill; the second with a drug called Varenicline (Champix Pfizer) and placebo patches; and the third fully placebo.<\/p>

After 11 weeks of treatment, normal metabolizers on\u00a0the pills\u00a0were almost twice as likely not to smoke than those using the patches. As for the slow\u00a0metabolizers, both methods are equally efficient but the drug\u00a0has brought them more side effects.<\/p>

THE ANSWER<\/span> <\/h2>

\"Our findings show that matching a treatment based on the rate at which smokers metabolize nicotine could be a viable clinical strategy to help individual smokers choose the cessation method that will work best for them,\"\u00a0says one of the authors of the study as quoted from\u00a0Daily Mail Online<\/em> on\u00a0January 12th.<\/p>

In other words, if your body metabolizes nicotine more slowly, then your way out lies with the patches. If your body metabolizes nicotine faster, then Varenicline it is! But either way, it only takes a blood test to find out.\u00a0Once the\u00a0practice\u00a0is\u00a0implemented in mainstream clinical procedures, you can bid farewell to trial-and-error when it comes to quitting smoking!<\/p>

Cl\u00e9mence Floc'h and Natasha Gan<\/em><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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