Method for alleviating tobacco or nicotine withdrawal symptoms
AssigneeDanstar Ferment AG
InventorsBèrengère Feuz, Stèphanie-Anne Girard
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method for alleviating or suppressing tobacco or nicotine associated withdrawal symptoms and ease smoking cessation in individuals who wish to quit or decrease smoking tobacco or nicotine comprising the use of probiotic microorganisms.
Claims30
A composition comprising at least one bacterial strain of a Lactobacillus species and an acceptable carrier for use in alleviating or suppressing the symptoms caused by withdrawal or partial withdrawal from the use of tobacco or of nicotine.
A method of alleviating or suppressing the symptoms caused by withdrawal or partial withdrawal from the use of tobacco or of nicotine comprising administering to an individual in need thereof a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of at least one bacterial strain of a Lactobacillus species.
A method of formulating a composition for alleviating or suppressing the symptoms caused by withdrawal or partial withdrawal from the use of tobacco or of nicotine, wherein said method comprises mixing at least one bacterial strain of a Lactobacillus species with an acceptable carrier to prepare said composition.
Use of a composition comprising at least one bacterial strain of a Lactobacillus species and an acceptable carrier for the manufacture of a medicament for alleviating or suppressing the symptoms caused by withdrawal or partial withdrawal from the use of tobacco or of nicotine.
A non-therapeutic use of at least one bacterial strain of a Lactobacillus species, at least one bacterial strain of a Bifidobacterium species, or a mixture thereof, for the preparation of a composition for alleviating or suppressing the symptoms caused by withdrawal or partial withdrawal from the use of tobacco or of nicotine.
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