Dear Abla,
Greetings from Coastal Sffolk. Please find below some literature on smoking
& alcohol withdrawal. Hope this is of some relevance to your above posting.
Smoking:
Pickworth WB, Fant RV. Endocrine effects of nicotine administration, tobacco
and other drug withdrawal in humans. Psychoneuroendocrinology 1998
Feb;23(2):131-41
Colby SM, Tiffany ST, Shiffman S, Niaura RS. Are adolescent smokers
dependent on nicotine? A review of the evidence. Drug Alcohol Depend 2000
May 1;59 Suppl 1:S83-95
Pomerleau CS, Marks JL, Pomerleau OF. Who gets what symptom? Effects of
psychiatric cofactors and nicotine dependence on patterns of smoking
withdrawal symptomatology. Nicotine Tob Res 2000 Aug;2(3):275-80
Marks JL, Hill EM, Pomerleau CS, Mudd SA, Blow FC. Nicotine dependence and
withdrawal in alcoholic and nonalcoholic ever-smokers. J Subst Abuse Treat
1997 Nov-Dec;14(6):521-7
Hatsukami D, Fletcher L, Morgan S, Keenan R, Amble P. The effects of varying
cigarette deprivation duration on cognitive and performance tasks. J Subst
Abuse 1989;1(4):407-16
Sommese T, Patterson JC. Acute effects of cigarette smoking withdrawal: a
review of the literature. Aviat Space Environ Med 1995 Feb;66(2):164-7
Fant RV, Everson D, Dayton G, Pickworth WB, Henningfield JE. Nicotine
dependence in women. J Am Med Womens Assoc 1996 Jan-Apr;51(1-2):19-20, 22-4,
28
Peters MJ, Morgan LC. The pharmacotherapy of smoking cessation. Med J Aust
2002 May 20;176(10):486-90
Full free text access
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/176_10_200502/pet10850_fm.html
(References 3 to 8 is particularly relevant to withdrawal)
Zack E. Smoking withdrawal and prolonged hospitalization. Clin J Oncol Nurs
2002 Jan-Feb;6(1):7-11
Alcohol:
Williams D, McBride AJ. The drug treatment of alcohol withdrawal symptoms: a
systematic review. Alcohol Alcohol 1998 Mar-Apr;33(2):103-15
Spies CD, Rommelspacher H. Alcohol withdrawal in the surgical patient:
prevention and treatment. Anesth Analg 1999 Apr;88(4):946-54
Saitz R, O'Malley SS. Pharmacotherapies for alcohol abuse. Withdrawal and
treatment. Med Clin North Am 1997 Jul;81(4):881-907
Cheers & regards,
Badri
http://myprofile.cos.com/badrishanthi
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