Cytisine by Ray Sahelian, M.D.

Cytisine is a prescription medicine available for the treatment of smoking addiction. A cytisine derivative varenicline was approved in 2006 as a smoking cessation drug. Some researchers doubt cytisine to be very effective for smoking cessation.

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Cystisine mechanism of action

Cytisine is an agonist of nicotinic receptors; in particular, it binds strongly with alpha(4)beta(2) nicotinic receptors. Cytisine has been used to treat tobacco dependence for 40 years in Eastern Europe.

Tabex drug
Tabex is the cytisine product name in Bulgaria. Tabex, contains 1.5 mg of cytisine per tablet