'A 42 yo man with hypertension comes to doctor because he wants to stop smoking. He has smoked one pack of cigarettes daily for 22 years, with 1 succesful quit attempt at age 25 in which he went ''cold turkey''. They talk about smoking and decid to used behaviorial and pharmacologic smoking cessation strategies. They use a drug that is a partial agonist of central nicotinic recepotors. 1. What drug was he likely given? 2. What side effect is he likely to experience?'

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1. 'A 42 yo man with hypertension comes to doctor because he wants to stop smoking. He has smoked one pack of cigarettes daily for 22 years, with 1 succesful quit attempt at age 25 in which he went ''cold turkey''. They talk about smoking and decid to used behaviorial and pharmacologic smoking cessation strategies. They use a drug that is a partial agonist of central nicotinic recepotors. 1. What drug was he likely given? 2. What side effect is he likely to experience?'