I'm doing better with the patches than I did with the lozenges, they made
me feel ill, felt as if they were burning my mouth and kept feeling sick.
The box said that the initial treatment was to take at least 9 a day but
no more than 15, I only had 3 the first day and 4 the next and couldn't
cope with them, it would have been more pleasant to smoke than take them
g

I can't use the gum as false teeth and gum don't mix g

I'm determined this time to succeed though and as no one else smokes in
the house and any visitors we have don't I wont have the temptation, plus
I don't go anywhere like the pub or such to set me off g

As for Loom reading that post he's probably still laughing too much to
come up with a reply yet g
Joan



Shane wrote:

You've got to chew it right, Figgs. Not like Wrigleys! :-) It's
getting too much of that deadly poison Nicotine that causes the
problems! If nicotine, in itself, buggered the intestinal tract taken
orally, smoking would do it too (esp. via pipe or cigar, but lots of
cigs would - especially hand rolled).

The point of the gum is it addresses the main reason for the
addiction far better than patches can, because the delivery is
periodic, not continuous - like with smoking. With patches you lose
the rush and it's that loss that leads to constant stress and
ultimate failure. Otherwise you're really addressing habits such as
having something in your hand and sucking (God, I hope 'Loom isn't
reading this or we'll be straight back in the gutter!).
If you've been trying to quit for years it implies the form of your
addiction is specifically to the drug and - if you chew it as
directed - the gum is the most likely NRT to address the sudden,
overpowering craving that eventually wears you down.


Shane