The SMART™ Shot is a new and improved smoking cessation shot consisting of a combination of two medicines that have been around for over a decade and are FDA-approved for indications other than quitting smoking.

These medicines are Scopolamine (which is the ingredient of the sea sickness patch) and Atarax (which is an antihistamine like Benadryl) in a unique formula to block the nicotine receptors in the brain and help ease the physical withdrawal associated with quitting smoking.

This nicotine block is then continued for the next 2 weeks by using a combination of the scopolamine patch and medications taken orally. The SMART™ Shot is a new formulation of a smoking cessation shot which was developed in 1983. The SMART™ Shot does not use atropine (which can make your heart race) or the antipsychotic medication Thorazine (chlorpormazine).

After all, we agree that you are crazy for smoking, but not crazy enough to need Thorazine! The SMART™ Shot is just as effective as the old shot with less chance of side effects. Unlike the old shot, which took three shots (two behind the ear and one in the buttocks); the SMART™ Shot is given with just one shot!

At the AMI Stop Smoking Clinic™ we have helped hundreds of people quit using the SMART shot with a success rate of between 70-80%. Our results are so impressive that we were asked to present our data at the American College of Chest Physicians meeting in October 2004.

Our results are significantly better than the nicotine replacement patch/gum or Zyban® which have “real world” quit rates of less than 20%.