Smoking Effects

Congratulations on your decision to develop a new habit…not smoking! Having made this important step, it is necessary to enlist all that is available to help quit smoking. One key to successfully being a non-smoker is to follow through with your decision to stay stopped and this calls for you to getting over the urges and cravings for a cigarette that could lead you to smoke.

Nicotine Replacement Therapy ( NRT ) are aids that help those wishing to quit cigarettes in reducing the cravings and withdrawal symptoms associated with the removal of nicotine found in cigarettes.

For over- the- counter remedies to help quit smoking, you can get nicotine lozenges, patches or gum. Basically these work by releasing small amounts of nicotine into the body, gradually decreasing the nicotine levels and so getting the body to be completely nicotine-free.

Then there is the nicotine inhaler and the nasal spray both available on prescription only.These two are used for fast effect especially for heavy smokers.

Prescription medicines to help deal with severe withdrawal symptoms and come under the names Bupropion and another Varenicline or Chantix. One of the things they do is block the effects of nicotine in case the user resumes smoking.

The next level of prescription medication may be used when the first 2 don’t work. They are Nortriptyline and Clonidine.The first will also be used to treat depression associated with cessation of smoking and the second is generally used to treat high blood pressure. A word of caution here is that all these medications still await approval by the Food and Drug Administration.

Nicotine Replacement Therapy has been used with good measures of success to help quit smoking. Please be sure, even if you buy them over- the -counter to use them strictly under the supervision of your doctor.