“…2 Although the potential psychiatric (eg, vivid dreams, suicidality), cardiovascular (eg, increased risk of myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular events), and gastrointestinal (eg, abdominal pain, nausea) adverse effects of varenicline have been more publicized, 2 mucocutaneous complications include xerostomia, 2 diffuse exanthema, 10 and acute generalized eczematous pustulosis. 11 Cytisine is an older a 4 b 2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist that is not FDA approved, but used in Europe. 12 Cytisine is inexpensive (eg, a course of treatment is equivalent to $15 USD in Poland and $6 USD over the counter in Russia), but unavailable in the United States, despite being attainable in former socialist economy countries for more than 4 decades.…”