Medication may help patients with severe mental illness stay smoke-free

Smokers with schizophrenia or bipolar disorders are three times more likely to abstain from smoking over the course of a year if they take varenicline. Although varenicline is an FDA-approved smoking cessation medication, it had not been proven effective for smokers with severe mental illness. The...
Source: NIDA News - Category: Addiction Tags: Mental Health, Prevention Research Source Type: news