Effectiveness of Oral Bupropion and Nortriptyline as an Adjunct Treatment for Reducing the Use of Smokeless Tobacco: A Retrospective Study from a Tobacco Cessation Clinic in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern India
Adjunct bupropion and nortriptyline were similarly efficacious in reducing smokeless tobacco use. This has clinical significance because nortriptyline is much cheaper than bupropion.
Authors
- Saibal Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3153-4166)
- Stuti Bhargava
- Aniruddha Basu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6650-8160)
- Indranil Saha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6622-7695)
- Aparajita Guin
- Sanjib Bandyopadhyay
- Hoineiting Rebecca Haokip
Institutions
- Burdwan Medical College & Hospital (IN)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Indian Council of Medical Research (IN)
- Regional Medical Research Centre (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- University of Kalyani (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijph.ijph_400_24
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00