Anybody tried medication to stop smoking tobacco?

Question

Results, good bad, will be appreciated.

Also wonder what happens when you stop taking the medications?

Answer 1

Nine years ago I quit smoking by using Zyban, shortly after it came on the market. It worked like a charm. I previously tried gum (it took out fillings) and acupuncture, which didn't do any good. I smoked about a pack a day

Answer 2

I personally prefer not to use medication.  Why not try other methods?  Like self hypnosis.

Answer 3

Chantix is far and away the most effective med, in studies and in my experience. Three months, six if you need it (haven't stopped smoking by then.)

I also had good results with the Commit nicotine lozenges but they substituted a new and less harmful addiction for the old one -- Chantix gets you off nicotine entirely.

Answer 4

I personally don't trust any quit smoking method that deals only with physical nicotine addiction. Drugs especially because they have many side effects and are potentially dangerous also. Honestly, I do not have much experience with quit smoking medication. I have read too many horror stories to even try them. All I know is that I and many others have managed to quit without taking the risk.

Smoking is more of a psychological addiction than a physical one. If you really want to quit you must discover the reasons why you smoke and then eliminate or change these thought processes. As soon as I dealt with my psychological reasons for smoking I quit, first time and more importantly for good.

Medication is expensive, time consuming and potentially harmful. So much risk when all that is required is a bit of motivation, self belief and determination.

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