My husband is going to get Welbutrin prescribed from his dr to quit smoking. Any one use this? what are the side effects. thanks
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sexual side affects, jumpy, but it does help to stop smoking
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no no no no, it's another scam.. you must use an alternative to smoking if you can't quit by will.. Get the gum first, shew as much as you want at the beginning so you don't crave cigs, give it time, you can't quit in a week or a month, use it for 3 months then alternate between nicotine gum and regular gum to phase the addiction out. this will rid of your psy addiction and then physical dependancy. It's cheeper to start with.
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I have been using the patch for 2 months now. It hurts my arm or leg or whatever part of my body I place it on. It is normal. You are just getting doses of nicotine periodically and it is starting at the site of the patch. Hope that helps. Good luck on your non smoking!! Im proud of you!!
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everyody is ALLERGIC to cigs. THey cause bronchitis, emphysema and cancer.\nsmokers bring on alot of harm to themselves. take it as an allergy and quit!\n\nNicotine is the drug in cigarettes and other forms of tobacco that causes addiction. If you're trying to quit, nicotine replacement might be a good option for you. Nicotine replacement products deliver small, steady doses of nicotine into the body, which helps to relieve the withdrawal symptoms often felt by people trying to quit smoking. \n\nThese products, which are available in four forms (patches, gum, nasal spray, and inhaler), appear to be equally effective. There is evidence that combining the nicotine patch with nicotine gum or nicotine nasal spray increases long-term quit rates compared with using a single type of nicotine replacement therapy. Nicotine gum, in combination with nicotine patch therapy, may also reduce withdrawal symptoms better than either medication alone. Researchers recommend combining nicotine replacement therapy with advice or counseling from a doctor.
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In low single doses (200 to 400 mg) and daily doses of up to 1,200 mg the incidence of side effects is low. However, in patients treated on a long-term basis with more than 1,200 mg daily discontinuation rates are as high as 10 to 15%.This includes smoking, injecting or any form of absorption.\n\nCommon adverse effects include: nausea, dyspepsia, gastrointestinal ulceration/bleeding, raised liver enzymes, diarrhoea, headache, dizziness, salt and fluid retention, hypertension.\n\nInfrequent adverse effects include: oesophageal ulceration, heart failure, hyperkalaemia, renal impairment, confusion, bronchospasm, rash
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I quit after 38 years by using nicotine replacement + a support group.  I was highly motivated to quit because I was scheduled for elective surgery and I understood that stopping smoking was the single best thing I could do to increase my chances for a successful surgical outcome.  \n\nResearch has indicated that using nic replacement increases the successs rate of quit attempts.  I had tried to stop cold turkey several times but always fell off the wagon and had given up trying - until my surgery date was looming.  Amazing how that motivates a person!\n\nI never tried this drug but some quitters have also been helped by using the drug Wellbutrin, a prescription medication.  Some have combined it with nic replacement to increase their chance of success.\n\nI guess the best advice I could give is that if you fail, try again.  Every attempt to quit, whether you last a week or a month, gives you useful experience and information about your habit and what smoking does for you that can help you the next time you try.  Don't stop trying.\n\nOn the issue of weight gain, I found that I have a strong oral craving - if it isn't a cigarette in my mouth, then it's food.  With oral nic replacement products (gum or lozenges) there is less likelihood that you'll overeat because the oral cravings are somewhat satisfied by the nic replacement product.  This isn't the case, of course, with the patch.  I didn't gain weight during the time I used nic gum.  I did gain about 10 lbs later.  Unless you eat yourself out of house and home, there is no reason to gain a lot of weight (I don't consider 10 lbs. a lot of weight).  However, if you eat instead of smoking, then yes, gaining weight is likely.  I took up walking instead of smoking.  Anything but eating!
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The first question which may ask yourself is "am I ready to get this monkey off my back"?  If you are at point in your life were your sick and tired of smoking and need a little health to get over the physical withdrawal process, then yes the SMART Shot maybe helpful in quitting smoking. The SMART Shot is a tool to help you quit smoking just like Zyban or Chantix.  It will not make you quit smoking if you're not ready.\n\nThe thing is that these medicines help you get over the acute physical withdrawal (yes, irritability is a sign of that acute physical withdrawal).  However, there is no medication which is in acute you from doing something stupid six weeks, six months or six years down the road.\n\nFor most people who have problems quitting smoking "cold Turkey", this is an addiction and needs to be respected as one.  Just like an alcoholic can never pick up "wondering" you must realize that you can never pick up "one cigarette".  In other words "you will always be one puff away from a pack a day".\n\nGood luck in best wishes,\n\n  \n\nSincerely,\n\nKirk G. Voelker MD\nPulmonary & Critical Care Medicine \nFounder Quit Doc Smoking Treatment Network\nwww.QuitDoc.com\n\nPlease Note: This note was dictated using Dragon Naturally Speaking v8.0 while exercising on an eliptical trainer, so excuse any transcription errors.
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There is a new smoking cessation drug that was just approved by the FDA... Chantix is what it is called.  It actually binds to the receptors that nicotine binds to.  It is supposedly safe and does not interact with any other medications.  I think this could apply to young adults.
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I just got off a few months of phentermine. It works great but it does have side effects. I had hot flashes, insomnia, thirst, dry eyes. When I weaned myself off I got headaches.\nGet it from a local doctor/local pharmacy. Don't buy it online-it costs 3x as much and your health isn't monitored.
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I used Nicorettes and quit for 12 years. It eliminated the cravings and took care of the oral aspect. It's more mental at first. There is also a generic product now which is less money. If you are a regular smoker, the gum works out to about the same price or less. Good Luck
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YES! get some Zyban. Or bupropion that stuff really works, I smoked for 30 years and quit cold turkey with that stuff. No problems except a little irritability.
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Quitting smoking is the hardest thing to do.  I quit 4 months ago.  I smoked 2-4 packs a day for over 40 years.  I never considered quitting until they took me to the hospital by ambulance.  I have 1st stage emphysema which is a miracle but will live with the consequences of smoking for the rest of my life.  I wish you well.  I can not imagine smoking one cigarette a day.  It seems a bit ridiculous.  However, if you smoke one cigarette a day, it seems that would not necessarily be bad for you.  Tobacco is an herb and has medicinal properties, but you would have to grow the tobacco yourself, since each cigarette produced by our huge tobacco companies has been enhanced with over an hundred chemicals which go directly to the brain and cause the craving and addiction which has proven too difficult for some people to quit even to the point of death.  I loved smoking for most of my life but have been devastated at the horror of coming "off" of this drug for the last 4 months but am determined to remain smoke free.  I have tried the commit lozenges, nicotrol gum, a nicotrol inhaler and the patch and am using the gum right now.  Hopefully, I will be able to get off of all nicotine by the end of this year but in any case, I am no longer polluting my environment and causing grave harm to my health.  There is a huge pool of resources available to "quitters".  I have used them all, even down to a counselor that I got by calling 1-800-nobutts.  Again, I wish you well.
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Certainly tell your doctor about this. I have taken Wellbutrin but after a month had to go off it, it was making me "crazy". I had no physical side effects with it, only emotional ones. But you should speak to your doctor about this hon, he's the expert not us.
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Hello -- I was affected my second hand smoke and I almost died as a result. I suffered two heart attacks and I take medication\nthe rest of my life; I just lost my best friend to cancer. She was only 66. She smoked all of her life.
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chromium picolinate.. naturally boost metabolism..it's in One a day weight smart.. or you can buy it seperately. I quit 5 months ago after smoking for 10 years. I read ALOT of books to keep my mind off of it. It was hard.. But now every time i smell it i want to vomit and i actually turn to my fiance almost every time and say 'Gosh I am SO glad i don't smoke anymore!!" Eat alot of whole grains and take chromium.. look at labels.. watch your fat and sugar intake. More than 30 grams of fat a day is too much if you are trying to lose weight or keep it off. MY biggest problem was turning from the cigs to CHOCOLATE and other sweets. It is proven that chocolate is just as addicting as heroin!! SO TRY not to sub the cigs with other bad addictions..lol. As for how long the first part was i'd say it was the first month that was the worst for me. The physical withdrawl part anyway. After that it's all in your head. GOOD LUCK!!
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Hello Sue\n\nIm not a doctor but I do have some experience in this area. I was a smoker for 50 years but stopped cold turkey after a heart attack and quadruple bypass surgery 14 months ago.\n\nIt is my theory that smoking robs the heart and artories of oxygen and that allows plaque buildup, it also hampers your breathing and causes laziness so smokers are less apt to exersize then non smokers are.\n\nAfter 14 smoke free months my risk of heart attack is now half that of a smoker and thats a good thing.\nBy the way I was smoking 2 packs a day so it wasnt easy.\n\nLeon
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Don't beat yourself up for "cheating". I was a smoker for close to 10 years I quite last year. It took a long time and I had to scale down on my smoking. That is all your doing. Be proud of yourself. Only smoking a couple of times today is great! Your on the right path. Take it slow. I tried once to quit cold turkey and it did not work. Smoking less and less each day was the right method for me. If your husband can quit  cold turkey then more power to him! But if you can't it is okay. The end result will be the same. You are just taking 2 different roads to get there. Stick with it! You know this is the right thing to do! Good luck