Varenicline : Quit Smoking Tips

Varenicline is a smoking-stopping agent. These drugs work inbrain by inhibiting the effects of smoking fun. This decreases the urge to smoke.

Indications:
Helping to stop smoking.

Dosage:

1 mg by mouth (orally) 2 times a day, followed by titration for 1week.

Days 1-3: 0.5 mg by mouth (orally), 1 times daily
Days 4-7: 0.5 mg by mouth (orally), 2 times daily
Day 8-end of the treatment: 1 mg by mouth (orally), 2 times daily

Duration: 3-6 months

Implementation:
Starting dose 1-2 weeks before the target quit date.

Side Effects:

Nausea, insomnia, headache,

drowsiness, dizziness, strangedreams, fatigue, abdominal discomfort, increased appetite.

Special Instructions:
Use with caution in patients with renal dysfunction, those who areundergoing dialysis and patients with serious psychiatric illness

Lung Cancer Symptoms

Lung cancer, like all cancers, is the result of an abnormal cell, the most basic unit of life. Normally, the body maintain a system of checks and balances on cell growth, so that cells divide to produce new cells are needed. Disruption of the balance system of uncontrolled cell growth and eventually form a mass called a tumor.

Tumors can be benign or malignant, and malignant tumor is called cancer. Benign tumors can usually be removed and not spread to other body parts. Malignant tumors, on the other hand, grow aggressively and attacking other body tissues, so that the tumor cells into the bloodstream or lymphatic system and then to the inside of the body. Deployment process is called metastasis. 

Since lung cancer tends to spread or metastasize, it is life threatening. Lung cancer can spread to every organ in the body, especially the adrenal glands, liver, brain, and bone. This cancer is also one of the most difficult cancers to treat. The lungs are also the organ most frequently affected by tumors in other body parts. 

Lymphoma Cancer

Lymphoma cancer or lymphoma is cancer of the lymphatic system (lymph nodes, thymus gland, spleen and bone marrow). American Cancer Society says there are two types of lymphoma, namely Hodgkin's lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma begins in the lymphatic system in which the tumor develops from a type of white blood cells called lymphocytes (either T cells or B-cells). Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is much more common that Hodgkin's disease. 

While Hodgkin's lymphoma is a cancer of the immune system characterized by the presence of a type of cell called the Reed-Sternberg cells (giant cells are usually derived from B lymphocytes).