Stop smoking pills...? -

Stop smoking pills...? -

2 of my co workers went to the doctor. and the doctor gave them a pill

they told me it was a one time pill. they keep on smoking normally then after a couple of days they stopped. i was wondering if anybody knows the name of this.

i been smoking for 3 1/2 years now and a ready to quit.It might be the new -Chantix- medicine.

I am currently on it, and it works the best. There are a couple of other medicines, but Chantix is the best one of them all from my opinion.

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Listen, for the -willpower- folks, it does take dedication, but straight will power does not always work. If you think a medicine will help you, then take it, don-t let other people tell you that you don-t need pills, etc.

The worse thing to come out of taking the pill Chantix, is that you would be out 40 bucks if it didn-t work. It has the highest success rate out of any of the medicines, it is the newest on the market.

The medicine works by actually stopping the nicotine receptors in the brain. After a few days, it makes smoking a cigarette taste really bad, and you become to a point to where you just do not want one any more. No patches, etc to worry about. You don-t get in a bad mood, etc.

You can take the medicine from 1 month - 6 months, depending on how much you smoke. I smoke a pack a day, and after a month, I will stop the medicine. I quit smoking the second day that I started the pill.There isn-t a pill like that honestly lol.

What I CAN tell you from experience is Wellbutrin helps you quit. I went from smoking a carton a week to half a carton (or less) in a week (and I know quite a few people who have quit altogether). I can-t explain it but you just do NOT have the desire to smoke and you don-t even think about cigs. I think it helps it-s an antidepressant.You dont need pills or anything but willpower to stop smoking.A trip to the local cancer ward might help though.hi these tablets are called champix in the uk.. i smoked for 45 years and stopped in two weeks with these...good luck they are for real e mail me if you wishThis is a long one so bear with me. I went down this same road 3 times and failed miserably. Your friends will probably start up again one day if they stop taking that pill.

You could try what everyone else does. Make promises to quit, have nic fits, stop, start, backslide, nicoderm patches, gain weight due to oral fixations, become irritable and essentially have to build a tower of iron will to fight the urgest to avoid a 90% recidivism rate.

How to REALLY QUIT SMOKING. Start thinking like an athlete. It isn-t recommended by the surgeon general. it IS recommended by Runner-s World. Doctors are afraid everyone will have heart attacks and sue. If you do this right you will hate smoking, get fit, get addicted to exercise, live longer, reduce stress, improve your eyesight, clean out your lungs and have a good time along with bragging rights.

Sign up for an athletic event such as a 10K or a half marathon. Preparing for the event becomes the goal, and quitting smoking, losing weight, being healthy happen along the way with no conscious effort on your part. Just train to finish that race.

Start running an EASY 30 minutes, 3-4 times a week. (heart rate in the 137-144 BPM range). Increase the time you run by no more that 10% per week. In 12 weeks you-re running for an hour and a half -- that-s at least 8 miles each time. If you can run 8 miles at conversational pace (zone 2 above) then you can certainly finish a 13 mile half marathon. In 16 weeks you-ll be capable of doing a sub 4 hour marathon.
(You can get a heart rate monitor for $40 that should do the trick and there are articles about -training in zone 2- all over the internet.) To avoid injury, take 2 days off a week. If something starts to hurt (besides your lungs and your sides) below the waist, slow down or walk.

Now after the first 5 days and 18 hard miles later you can run 30 minutes non-stop. You want a cigarette -- there is nothing to stop you except that 1 cigarette will wipe out 10% of your conditioning for the week. Smoke 10 and you wasted the entire week of exercise and your ability to run 3 miles/30 minutes non-stop has been washed down the tubes. If you want a cigarette, go find your running shoes and run till the feeling goes away if you can. If you can-t run, remind yourself that you-re going to destroy your conditioning very quickly if you even put a hand on that cigarette. My guess is that if you have success in running the first week and you are actually of the mind that you are training for a race in lets say 12 weeks, SMOKING is the LAST thing you-ll be considering.

By the way you can do cycling or swimming instead but not all people have access to a bike or pool and there are fewer of those events to enter. There-s a 5K, or 10K race every Saturday within 10 miles of anyone.

To help you get started, check out -Chi running- by Danny Dryer or check videos of people that practice Chi Running. For swimming check out Total Immersion by Terry Laughlin.

I think the endorphins released from endurance sports help override nicotine-s grip. After you-ve been running for a while you have waaay too much to lose, and if you take a drag from a cigarette I guarantee, you-ll start to puke up your gatorade.

Stop smoking pills...? -