Chantix™ for Opiate Addiction
Opium binds to naturally occurring receptors in the brain. When this happens, neuron firing rates are changed and the result is the release of endorphins that provide a very strong high. Morphine has been an important advancement in medicine but because the pleasure center is stimulated, the high is very addictive. Chantix™ also works to control neural firing and works within the pleasure centers to ease the emotional and physiological pain of withdrawal. This is a new drug and more studies need to be performed but the early research is promising. Nicotine reaches the sensory receptors in the brain and mixes in the blood stream too to create a pleasurable feeling. This feeling stays for a short time and the person starts seeking for this short lived pleasure by smoking whenever he feels the urge for pleasure. This is how the addiction starts. Thus Chantix by being free from nicotine proves to catch and block the nicotine factor from entering the receptors thereby stopping the pleasurable feeling for which the mind craves. Thus it deals with the root cause of the smoking addiction and there is a great deal of hope that it can help in addictions of all types including:
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