MEDICAMENT AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ALCOHOL AND/OR TOBACCO CONSUMPTION

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for treating substance craving by modulation of neuronal nicotinic receptors, that it is a two-stage method wherein a permanent treatment with a pharmaceutical administration form which continuously delivers a modulator of nicotinic receptors is supplemented upon the appearance of a strong craving for a substance by administering galanthamine or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof by means of an administration form which enables rapid entry of galanthamine or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof into the central nervous system. Said form is selected from the group comprising solutions for transbuccal administration, as well as spray or drip solutions. The form, continuously releasing the modulator or the modulators of nicotinic receptors, is selected from the group comprising transdermal therapeuticsystems.