Smoking cessation drug may be helpful for nicotine addiction in schizophrenics.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-23 July 2002-YALE UNIVERSITY: Smoking cessation drug may be helpful for nicotine addiction in schizophrenics (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07192002 New Haven, Conn. -- A new study at Yale University School of Medicine has shown that the FDA-approved smoking cessation medication bupropion (Zyban) can help patients with schizophrenia stop smoking.

Published in the July 1 issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry, the study shows that patients with schizophrenia have much higher rates of smoking than the general population. While the rate of smoking in the general population is about 25 percent, the rate for schizophrenics is about 70 to 90 percent. Schizophrenic patients may smoke to remedy cognitive deficits,...