Recigarum, the dangerous smoking cessation drug that is sold as a miracle remedy

2023-11-20 14:45:14

A few weeks ago it was approved The rest (cytisinicline), the second smoking cessation drug that finances public health in Spain.

Some doctors say that

is an effective treatment that can double or triple the chances of a patient can stop smoking and that it can make the process of quitting smoking much easier and more bearable than if it were done without treatment.

Miguel Ángel Hernández Mezquita, specialist in Pulmonology.

It is a medicine for smoking cessation in patients with high nicotine dependence, since it can reduce the symptoms of abstinence syndrome that occurs when you stop smoking.

Cytisinicline is a plant alkaloid that acts on brain nicotinic receptors and has agonist and antagonist properties on these receptors. The action agonist simulates the effect of nicotine so that the patient does not notice its lack and the action antagonist It means that if the patient smoked he would not perceive the pleasurable effects of smoking that he perceived before taking the medication.

Another miraculous note about this product: you just have to take it for 25 daysit is assumed that then one is “cured” of smoking.

Aphiwat Chuangchoem’s picture.

When they “sell” me a miraculous treatment, with so many advantages, what worries me is the other price to pay, the side effectsvaya.

The aforementioned doctor says that it is a very safe drug and with very few interactions. And explains that the most frequent side effects are digestive discomfortbut they are usually mild and temporary and it is almost never necessary to withdraw the medication.

Contraindications are only severe renal failure and recent ischemic heart disease. However, it must be used with caution over 65 years old.

But the thing is not as simple as this man explains it. There is more, you just have to go to the drug’s technical sheet (the official document about it):

Do not use Recigarum

if you are allergic to cytisinicline or any of the other ingredients of this medicine [cosa que nadie sabe a priori, salvo que se haga una prueba de alergia]

if you suffer from unstable angina, if you have a history of myocardial infarction recently, if you suffer from clinically relevant cardiac arrhythmias, if you have recently had a derrame cerebralsnap pregnant or during breastfeeding.

It can also be read that it should be used with caution in cases of ischemic heart disease, heart failure, hypertensiontumor of the adrenal gland, atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and other peripheral vascular diseases, gastric and duodenal ulcer, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid), diabetes, schizophreniakidney and liver failure.

There are many things, right? AND Is not true That those over 65 years of age should be cautious, no. The technical sheet states that “its use is not recommended in patients over 65 years of age.”

And be careful with people with problems mental health.

In some people, quitting smoking, with or without treatment, has been linked to an increased risk of experiencing changes in thinking or behavior, feelings of depression and anxiety (including rarely suicidal ideation and suicide attempt) and may be related to the worsening of the psychiatric disorder.

Technical data sheet of the drug.

Photo by Petar Starčević.

It’s not true either that has few adverse effects, read the official document because the list is very long.

Finally, Recigarum contains aspartame and it contains a source of phenylalanine that can be harmful if you suffer from phenylketonuria (FCN), a rare genetic disease in which phenylalanine accumulates because the body is not able to eliminate it correctly.

Aspartame will sound familiar to you because the International Cancer Research Center (IARC) has classified it as possibly carcinogenic to humans. What a complete drug…

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