Neal L. Benowitz
University of California, San Francisco
826 Papers
9K Citations
Neal L. Benowitz is an academic researcher from University of California, San Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Nicotine & Cotinine. The author has an hindex of 126, co-authored 792 publications. Previous affiliations of Neal L. Benowitz include Shaare Zedek Medical Center & University College London.
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Papers
Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology of Cocaine
TL;DR: The patterns and consequences of use are best understood by considering the pharmacokinetics (rapid absorption and delivery to the brain, relatively short half-life) and the pharmacodynamics (intense central and peripheral neural stimulation).
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Nicotine effects on eicosanoid formation and hemostatic function: Comparison of transdermal nicotine and cigarette smoking ☆ ☆☆
Neal L. Benowitz,Garret A. Fitzgerald,Garret A. Fitzgerald,Margaret Wilson,Margaret Wilson,Qi Zhang,Qi Zhang +6 more
TL;DR: Transdermal nicotine has less effect on platelet activation and catecholamine release than does cigarette smoking, and its use in smoking cessation treatment of patients with coronary heart disease is likely to be safer than cigarette smoking.
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Acute Aortic Dissection Related to Crack Cocaine
TL;DR: In an inner city population, acute aortic dissection in the setting of crack cocaine use is common, presumably as a consequence of abrupt, transient, severe hypertension and catecholamine release, and should be considered in cocaine users with severe chest pain.
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The Past, Present, and Future of Nicotine Addiction Therapy
TL;DR: The evidence for combined and extended cessation pharmacotherapy and behavioral strategies including provider advice, individual counseling, group programs, the national quitline, websites and social media, and incentives are reviewed.
Influence of nicotine on cardiovascular and hormonal effects of cigarette smoking.
TL;DR: The amount of nicotine consumed when assessed over the whole day has little influence on magnitude of cardiovascular responses to cigarette smoking, and changing nicotine content per se may not alter the risk of sudden adverse cardiac events associated with cigarette smoking.
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