Tobacco Treatment and Methadone Overview

Regularly asking patients if they smoke and noting it in their medical records.

Giving brief advice to all smokers during every medical visit, encouraging them to quit.

Providing support and resources for quitting smoking, including individual counseling, group sessions, telephone support, and a minimum of 6-8 follow-up sessions in six months.

A framework for helping smokers quit, involving three steps: asking about smoking status, providing brief advice, and offering evidence-based cessation treatment or referral.

Doctors are more successful in promoting smoking cessation when they offer assistance to all smokers, rather than only those who express interest in quitting.

More intensive treatment involving longer sessions, multiple sessions, and specialized behavior therapies is more effective than brief interventions for smoking cessation.

Intensive treatment can be provided by trained healthcare professionals who have the resources and expertise to deliver specialized interventions for smokers.

The benefits of quitting smoking, such as improved health, better sense of smell, and saving money.

Obstacles that prevent someone from quitting smoking, like withdrawal symptoms, weight gain, or fear of failure.

Repeating motivational interventions to help patients overcome their reluctance to quit smoking.

A motivational strategy that uses five key components: Relevance, Risks, Rewards, Roadblocks, and Repetition. It aims to help smokers understand why quitting is important for them and offers strategies to overcome barriers.

A brief, motivational conversation with a patient, aiming to increase their willingness to quit smoking.

The process of helping a smoker who has recently quit to avoid relapsing back to smoking.

Situations or triggers that make a smoker more likely to relapse, such as being around other smokers, stress, or boredom.

Any cue or signal that can prompt a smoker to crave cigarettes, like a certain smell, place, or activity.

A set of recommendations for the management of tobacco dependence, designed to guide healthcare professionals in providing evidence-based smoking cessation interventions.

Methadone is a medication used to treat opioid addiction by replacing the addictive opioid with a longer-acting and less euphoric alternative. It reduces cravings and withdrawal symptoms, allowing individuals to stabilize and regain control over their lives.

Methadone treatment is initiated by a psychiatrist or a doctor authorized to prescribe medications. Pharmacists dispense the prescribed dosage of methadone syrup to patients.

The initial period after stopping heroin use can be challenging. Regular meetings with a counselor can provide support and help individuals cope.

Methadone is an opioid that slows down the nervous system. It has a longer effect than heroin, which wears off in a few hours. Methadone's effects last for about 24 hours.

Methadone therapy aims to eliminate dependence on illicit opioids. It helps patients feel comfortable and free from cravings. It also blocks the effects of illegally obtained opioids.

First step in a patient's smoking cessation journey where their current smoking status, motivation to quit, and readiness for change are assessed.

Pharmacist's role in providing medication to support a patient's smoking cessation journey.

The pharmacist guides the patient on how to use smoking cessation medications effectively.

Recording all important patient information related to their smoking cessation journey in a designated patient record.

Scheduling follow-up appointments with a dedicated program coordinator to monitor progress and provide ongoing support.

Ongoing support and guidance provided by a dedicated program coordinator to help patients stay on track with their quitting goals.

A specialized behavioral therapy session designed to help patients develop coping mechanisms and strategies to overcome smoking urges.

Regular check-ins at set intervals to monitor the patient's progress, assess their current status, and provide ongoing support.

Recording vital signs (such as blood pressure and weight) and carbon monoxide levels in a designated patient record.

Communicating with the patient before their scheduled follow-up visit to remind them about the appointment.

The stage where an individual is aware of the problem but not yet ready to make changes.

The stage where an individual is considering making a change within the next 6 months.

The stage where an individual is actively planning to make a change in the next 30 days.

The stage where an individual is actively making changes and has maintained new behaviors for less than 6 months.

The stage where an individual has maintained new behaviors for more than 6 months.

A counseling technique that helps to motivate individuals to make changes in their behavior.

A framework for understanding and changing behavior that considers the stages of change.

A program to help people quit smoking that provides pharmacotherapy and counseling.

Medications used to help people quit smoking, such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or varenicline.

A set of guidelines that outlines the best practices for providing pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation.