nicotine patch?

burn · Posted: Sep 27, 2009 2:46 pm Post subject: nicotine patch?

i was wondering if anyone has tried it.

i tried the gum and the lozenges...they didnt work. cold turkey didnt work either.

it is time to stop smoking cigarette's. i did the math....around a thousand bucks a year up in smoke. i thought about it...i could have my own jon boat/winch by now.

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

nobody likes a quiter

Idea

burn · Posted: Sep 27, 2009 3:14 pm Post subject:

funny man, cancer aint my thing though. i want to quit while i'm ahead. plus i will be able to breathe better. Cool

mojo · Posted: Sep 27, 2009 3:15 pm Post subject:

i've tried it. i quit for 3 months after i was done with it, but the first patch or two are harsh. they make you feel like you have the flu for a couple hours. DO NOT smoke on it. it's def. better than the gum and what not.

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

A good friend of mine is/was a 20+ year smoker. His fiancee demanded that he stop smoking since they had a kid on the way, so he got on a patch. He skipped the high dosage patch and went to the middle one. Soon he was on the low level patch and doing great. He said he could finally smell his girlfriend's hair products in her hair, and could taste his foods so much better. He also said he couldn't stand being around others who were smoking because he didn't like smelling their smoke. Unfortunately, we are often around people who are smoking when we're out on the boat, so he never completely got away from smoking. He has gotten way better, though. Maybe a one or two cigs a day if we're bbqing or on the boat. I think he realized that he can easily cut back considerably on his smoking, but quitting would be too much of a struggle because he's around other smokers so much that the temptation will always be there. I also dated a girl for awhile who was a light smoker, but couldn't quit because her brothers and roomate and friends all smoked.

So to sum things, up- the patches worked for him, but what stopped him from quitting altogether was the fact that he couldn't avoid people who smoked. He would have had to find new friends or change his his lifestyle and that would have been far too much of an adjustment for him to really be feasible.

Anyways, just thought I'd share...

burn · Posted: Sep 27, 2009 3:36 pm Post subject:

the thing is, i moved back home and i am the only one who smokes. i hang out with some people about forty minutes away. i am going to go in to it with the intention of quiting fully. Rolling Eyes

at lest i hope so.

edrex · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Posts: 1020 City: NorCal

My girlfriend used them (check Costco for deals on Nicoderm CQ - we bought her full supply when they had a $15 off coupon per box), and she did well and has not smoked for like 4 months. Her only complaints were that it itched for the first 15-20 minutes after putting it on, and that her dreams were pretty crazy if she wore it through the night. She had smoked for like 15 years.

burn · Posted: Sep 27, 2009 3:55 pm Post subject:

i have only smoked for five years, but if i could go back in time... i would smack that shizzle right out of my mouth. Laughing

TWG · Kickflip Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 3258

i know a few people who used chantax and it worked..

http://www.chantix.com/

or i know a few who got the shot and its worked...

http://www.healinglaserclinics.net/

mojo · Posted: Sep 27, 2009 5:16 pm Post subject:

chantix has also contributed to deaths.

ZackFL(BRE) · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 2386 City: Tampa

burn · Posted: Sep 27, 2009 5:41 pm Post subject:

TWG · Kickflip Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 3258

do the research bro. how many people killed themselves on it compared to how many took it. smoking's killing you already and you do that.

i dont smoke so i cant say but my room mate took it for 3 1/2 weeks and hasn't smoked since. i asked him about it and he said it didn't make him wanna kill himself.

good luck bro whtever you do i hope you quit.

mojo · Posted: Sep 27, 2009 6:53 pm Post subject:

my dad is a doctor and wants me to quit smoking but said no to chantix. it's to new. and suicide related to side affects would mean it caused death i.e. causation

TWG · Kickflip Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 3258

how do they know that chantix was the reason the people killed themselves. it happens everyday to people on all kinds of different pills.

mojo · Posted: Sep 27, 2009 7:11 pm Post subject:

i have no idea. i'd imagine it happened during a controlled study, maybe not. either way it is the oral habit+nicotine(more so habit i think) that keeps us smoking. im a 9 year veteran of smoking. the patch is the best way to quit IMO, but you have to WANT to quit. it's not effortless.

fastgreens · Kickflip Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 3563 City: baytown

i took chantix for a month and hated it... i can see how a weak minded person could really get depressed on it.

mojo · Posted: Sep 27, 2009 8:54 pm Post subject:

you wouldnt happen to be a catholic would ya fast greens?

fastgreens · Kickflip Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 3563 City: baytown

i am, but not a very good one... why do you ask??

mojo · Posted: Sep 27, 2009 8:57 pm Post subject:

your weakminded comment sounded like a catholic comment regarding someone who commited suicide.