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Myocardial infarction

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Smoking

Alternatives include nortryptiline a

Why?

  • Nortryptiline helps smokers quit. a

Nortryptiline helps smokers quit

Patient Treatment Comparison Outcome CER OR
(95% CI)		 NNT
(95% CI)
smoker a nortryptiline placebo sustained smoking cessation
at  6months 		14% 2.83
(1.59 to 5.03)		 6
(3 to 15)

 

 

Expiry date: November 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball , N   Shenker
Reviewer   S   Straus
CAT Writers   CJ   Wotton , N   Shenker , B   Phillips , CM   Ball