can you still use patches to stop smoking if you have blood pressur(high)?
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This method works for me and is the only money back guaranteed.\nI quite smoking 2 years ago\n\n\nGet the Facts\nEasyway, founded by Allen Carr in 1983, has the highest independently verified 12-month success rate (75.8% for a smoker completing the program) of any quit smoking technique and a 90% satisfaction rating.\n\nCompare Easyway to other methods and see for yourself why Easyway is called “The Cadillac of quit smoking methods.”\n\nThe Allen Carr Method\nHOW THE METHOD WORKS\n\nUsing psychotherapy, the method works in the opposite way to the “willpower” method. It does not concentrate on the reasons the smoker should not smoke : the money, the slavery, the health risks and the stigma. Smokers know all that already. Instead it focuses on why smokers continue to smoke in spite of the obvious disadvantages.\n\nIt is fear that keeps smokers hooked!\n\nFear the smoker will have to give up their pleasure or crutch. Fear the smoker will be unable to enjoy life or handle stress. Fear the smoker will have to go through an awful trauma to get free. Fear the smoker will never get completely free from the craving.\n\nThe Method removes these fears\nSmokers quit with the Allen Carr Method as happy non-smokers, not feeling deprived but with a huge sense of relief and elation that they have finally achieved what they always wanted….\n\nTO BE FREE!\n\nWhat about the terrible withdrawal pangs from nicotine?\n\nThe physical withdrawal from nicotine is so slight that most smokers don’t realise that they are addicts. What smokers suffer when they try and quit using other methods is the misery and depression caused by the belief that they are being deprived of a pleasure or a crutch.\n\nThe Allen Carr Method removes this feeling of deprivation.\nIt removes the need and desire to smoke. Once the smoker is in the right frame of mind and they follow the simple instructions, the physical withdrawal from nicotine is hardly noticeable.\n\nNo Gimmicks!\n\nThe Method does not use any gimmicks, useless aids or substitutes. No nicotine gum, patches, lozenges, tabs, inhilators or nasal sprays! No needles! No lasers! No drugs! No herbs! No shock treatment!\n\nThe Allen Carr Method is successful because:\n\nIt removes the smokers’ conflict of will.\nThere are no bad withdrawal pangs.\nIt is instantaneous and easy.\nIt is equally effective for long-term heavy smokers and light smokers.\nYou need not gain weight.\nYou will not miss smoking.\n\nMedical Endorsements\n\nA personal view from Professor Judith Mackay MBE, JP, FRCO (Edin), FRCP (Lon), World Health Organisation Advisory Panel on Tobacco and Health\n\n“I have no hesitation in supporting Allen Carr’s work. Many clinics use some of his techniques but it would appear that few do it in quite such a successful package.”\n\nCarole Johnson, Coronary Heart Disease Prevention Unit, Tyne Tees\n\n“his success rate was such that, when budgets allow, we continue to use Easyway for work with specific groups and individuals.”\n\nDr Anil Visa BSc, MBBch., FRCA, Consultant – Royal Hospitals NHS Trust – Royal London Hospital\n\n“I have observed the Allen Carr method at first hand and have found it to be very successful and I wholeheartedly support it as an effective way to quit smoking.”\n\nDr William Green, Head of Psychiatric Dept, Matilda Hospital, Hong Kong\n\n“It is a remarkable fact that Allen Carr, on his own admission a non-professional in behaviour modification, should have succeeded where countless psychologists and psychiatrists holding postgraduate qualifications have failed, in formulating a simple and effective way to stop smoking.”\n\nDr Martin Jarvis, Principle Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research\nFund and Reader in Health Psychology, University College London\n\n”...I am more than happy to testify to Allen Carr’s enduring involvement and to recognise the value of the kind of behavioural and cognitive support he provides.”\n\nDr PM Bray MB CH.b., MRCGP\n\n“I
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Oh dear.  HBP is an often ignored condition that can be deadly.  If you smoke?  Stop.  Also, you could have blood vessels that are a bit close to your typmanic membrane in your ears that can magnify any type of rise in blood pressure (whoosh  whoosh with every beat of your heart)and/or constant adrenaline pumping because that is your body's defense mechanism when there is something wrong...you may not even know what it might be?  See your doctor and tell him/her about your concerns and don't let him/her poo-poo your concerns.  Demand an answer.
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Absolutely not... sorry! \n\nIf you have high blood pressure (hypertension), you do need medical treatment to help warn off longterm ill effects of the condition. As with any medical condition, you should never "self-diagnose" or "self-medicate", even if you are sure of what you need. Rely on the professional medical knowledge and training of a doctor to help you here. \n\nGood luck and best wishes....
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First off...Congratulations! Let me tell you what good you have done for yourself and your loved ones...\n\n20 minutes after a smoker quits: Blood pressure drops to a level close to that before the last cigarette; Temperature of hands and feet increases to normal\n\n8 hours after a smoker quits: Carbon Monoxide level in blood drops to normal\n\n24 hours after a smoker quits: Chance of heart attack decreases\n\n2 weeks after a smoker quits: Circulation improves; Lung function increases up to 30%\n\n1 to 9 months after a smoker quits: Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, shortness of breath decrease; Cilia regain normal function in lungs, increasing ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs and reduce infection\n\n1 year after a smoker quits: Excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker's\n\nAre you going through some stressful times that you feel a cigarette will help ease the pressure? I am experienceing the same thing with pop. I do so good, then BAM, the urge to have a pop, any pop, is so intense I want to pull my hair out. I can feel for anybody stopping smoking.\n\nThe "experts" say that it takes 3 weeks to make, break, change a habit, but I feel that cigarettes and pop are beyond a habit. They are a crutch, and sometimes a "good" crutch, even though they are bad for us.\n\nTry this...everytime you want a cigarette, drink grapefruit juice...better yet, brush your teeth then drink grapefruit juice. Or put a rubber band on your wrist and snap it. As long as you can think of something else besides the cigarette, you should pass the craving easier. \n\nYour time frame is also like losing weight. You lose a lot at first and are happy, then you hit a plateau and can't lose any. You get discouraged. This is when you must try harder to keep on track.\n\nGood luck and again congratulations. Also add up the money you saved from not smoking. At an average of $5.00/name brand pack/day = ~$150.00/month.
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i've never heard of this...however, since smoking can cause blood vessel constriction, this means reduced blood flow to areas of your body, and less blood flow means less white blood cells flowing to let's say, your face, which normally would've helped ward off the bacterial infection (which is a cause of acne.) hope this helped and made sense!
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No.  The best way to get rid of nicotine is not to use nicotine-laden products in the first place.  However, the answer I suspect you need is this: only your liver will remove nicotine from your blood.  Most of it is removed very quickly, which is why a smoker feels the urge to light up another weed so quickly after putting out the last one.  But even if one goes cold turkey, there's a measurable trace of nicotiene in the blood for several days.  It does not take weeks; that which is felt after the first five or six days is the ravages of the psychological dependence upon the drug.
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dont smoke if you smoke,do exercise,take antioxidents such as vitamin E and C suppliments.ginko biloba is very useful.
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When I gave up smoking I took horseradish and garlic capsules and they loosened the congestion on my lungs and I was able to cough up all the phlegm and get rid of it quickly. They can be bought at a health food store or chemist. Hope this helps and good on you for giving up.
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Yes, I quit smoking over two years ago now. I smoked for about 7 years previously. How did I do it? Well, what worked for me was patches and counselling. Yeah, I can't think why anyone would want to try and quit any drug of dependence without some kind of assistance (especially nicotine). If you're a regular smoker, for example, you're going to go freaking nuts at times while the nicotine is exiting your system. At least get some patches, gum, or whatever so that you don't go mental! Also, you might want to ring a support number for quitters. I used Quitline in Australia. They helped enormously.
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go to www.nicotenepatch.com and the press your left hold onto the logo on the screen, should work. \n\nSmoking is a serious habit that is not easy to give up. if I had $$$'s and not South African Rands I would send you a pack of patches.
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the question is How addicted are you? I gave up by reading the book How to stop smoking and stay stopped for good by Gillian Riley. I went to the smoking cessation clinic who prescribed me patches and lozenges. It was hard, i know someone who could stop for days at a time yet couldnt completely give up! It is hard yet its well worth it and four years down the line i can have a fag every 6 months yet its just not the same, yet im £1000 a year better off and i dont cough and wheeze in the morning and the numb feeling in my toes has come back. My ex is looking at having his legs amputated as the blood flow and oxygen dosnt reach his toes, still he smokes. the sooner you give up the better. if i can do it you can too!
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you can try it cold turkey, but that is pretty hard....depending on how long you smoked for.  if you have the will power give that a shot.  i have heard a couple of stories about the patches giving people horrific night mares.  check out this site.  its from the Philip Morris USA site.  it may be helpful for you
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Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and smoking predispose you to a higher likelihood of blood clots than the average person.  Even if you were to get a blood clot very few of these clots actually cause a problem (pulmonary embolism) and even fewer cause serious complications from this problem (heart damage, pulmonary infarction, or death) especially for a 29 year old.  But there are certainly increased risks and those risks are not anything to ignore.\n\nYou have the power to stop the smoking...there's no time like now to start.  Believe me you will need to try more than once to get it right.  It is the single best thing you can do for your health.  \n\nAdditionally HRT is an elective medication.  There is virtually no absolute need for any woman to ever HAVE to take that medication.  \n\nYou have the power to change your lifestyle and habits.  There is no time like the present to begin.  Good luck.
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cold turkey, the patch, gum, zyban. not sure how long you been smoking. but if you been smoking for a while and a heavy smoker. take zyban or take anti-depressants to help w/ the w/ draws. that's what my mother had to do to quit smoking.
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The flow of blood normally stops when the blood clots, which may be encouraged by direct pressure and reducing the blood pressure in the head by sitting upright with the head tilted forward for about 10 minutes.\n\nPetroleum jelly is sometimes applied to stop the blood from seeping out, but should not be used[citation needed]; as it is petroleum based, it actually further dries out the nasal cavity. Furthermore, it can seep into the lungs and cause a very serious condition known as lipoid pneumonia[citation needed].\n\nIf pressure, ice on the bridge of the nose, application of a vasoconstrictor, or other techniques do not work, a nasal tampon is usually the next step. The nasal tampon stops the bleeding by applying pressure from inside of the nose and is usually kept in for 1-3 days.\n\nChronic epistaxis resulting from a dry nasal mucosa is often treated by spraying saline in the nose up to three times per day. There are also non-petroleum based gels that can be used.\n\nPersistent epistaxis is an indication for urgent medical consultation. Nasal packing, cryosurgery, electrocautery or application of trichloroacetic acid are options that may be used in severe epistaxis.\n\nIt is uncommon to die from bleeding through nosebleeds. However, damage to the maxillary artery can lead to rapid blood loss via the nose and present difficulty in treatment, pressure, vasoconstrictor and rhinocort occasionally proving ineffective. Ligation of the artery, risking damage to the facial nerves, may be the only solution.\n\nA simple treatment for those who have nosebleed on a regular basis is to increase your daily dietary fiber intake. This would make the blood coagulation faster and help quickly stop the hemorrhage.\n\nNevertheless, severe protracted nosebleeds may cause anemia due to iron deficiency.\n\nIf a nosebleed lasts for more than 15 minutes, occurs following a serious injury, or is accompanied by severe blood loss, you should call your doctor or go to the emergency room.
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There are new patches that you can use OTC.  They work really great.  They release warmth to the area where applied.  You should them, you can even work with them on.
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Check with your local hospital. They may have smoking cessation groups and possibly help defray the cost of the patches.\nGood for you for wanting to quit.\n\nMost insurances do not pay for the patch.\n\nYour medicaid may pay or some other form of smoking cessation, so check with your doctor.