Health Condition 1: null- Nicotine Dependence
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Individualized homeopathic
medicine in centesimal potency: In centesimal potencies,each dose shall consist of 4 cane sugar globules medicated with a single drop of the indicated medicin
Sponsors
National Institute of Homoeopathy Ministry of AYUSH Govt of India
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1 Patients of 20 to 50 years of age. 2 Patients of any socioeconomic status. 3 patients of any religion,cast and creed 4 Participants suffering from Nicotine dependence; i.e. currently using the substance (ICD-10 F17.24) &Continuous use(ICD-10 F17.25) 5 Patients willing to participate in the study and giving written informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1 Patients having mental and behavior disorder due to psychoactive substance other than tobacco. 2 Pregnant and lactating Female. 3 Currently and continuous users of smokeless tobacco. 4 Patient suffering from mental and behavior disorder due to tobacco who are Acute intoxicationF17.0, Harmful uses,F17.1,Withdrawl stateF17.3, Withdrawl state with deliriumF17.4, Psychotic disorder,F17.5,Amnesic SyndromeF17.6, Residual& late onset psychotic disorderF17.7) 5 Patient suffering from Nicotine dependence who are Currently abstinentF17.20,Currently abstinent but in a protracted environmentF17.21, Currently on a clinically supervised maintenance or replacement regime[controlled dependence]F17.22, Currently abstinent but receiving treatment with aversive or blocking drugs F17.23, Episodic useF17.26 6 Patient is already undergoing nicotine replacement therapy. 7 patient already undergoing homoeopathic treatment elsewhere for any chronic disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND)Timepoint: Baseline and 3 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NoneTimepoint: NA | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactAmitava Samanta
National Institute of homoeopathy
Outcome results
None listed