Medications increase smokers’ nicotine metabolism

Medications used to treat neurologic and psychiatric conditions increase smokers’ nicotine metabolism From: ASH Daily News for 22 September 2010

Researchers from UMDNJ- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School found carbamazepine and oxycarbamazepine, medications commonly used to treat neurologic and psychiatric conditions, increase nicotine metabolism in smokers. As nicotine metabolism increases, cravings for nicotine return more quickly which could lead to more frequent cigarette consumption among individuals who also take these medications. Study author Jill M. Williams, M.D., an associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, said "the effects of these medications may have serious implications on nicotine metabolism and smoking behaviour."

Source: Newswire, 17 September 2010 Link: http://bit.ly/cHWGUm