Transtorno de pânico e tabagismo

A relacao entre transtorno de pânico e tabagismo e tema de interesse clinico. A associacao entre transtorno de pânico e tabagismo foi revisada pelo sistema Medline (1980 a 2001), utilizando as seguintes palavras-chave: "tabagismo", "tabaco", "transtorno de pânico", "transtornos de ansiedade". As referencias dos artigos encontrados tambem foram consultadas. Em dois casos clinicos atendidos no Laboratorio de Pânico e Respiracao da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, foi encontrada uma relacao positiva entre tabagismo e transtorno de pânico. Em ambos os casos, houve melhora dos sintomas de ansiedade, ataque de pânico e abstinencia de nicotina apos tratamento farmacologico do transtorno de pânico. Estudos podem esclarecer a existencia de possiveis mecanismos etiopatogenicos comuns entre tabagismo e transtorno de pânico, bem como responder a questoes terapeuticas especificas.

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