| So you are ready to quit the habit of | | | | receptors in the brain for nicotine, and |
| smoking, you think I really must do | | | | causes a release of the chemical |
| this, but you hate the withdrawal | | | | dopamine which then causes the pleasure |
| symptoms and other things you associate | | | | feelings inside your head. |
| with quitting. I offer you a new way to | | | | I was curious about this and asked my |
| stop your smoking and feel really good | | | | doctor for a prescription as well. For |
| and positive about it as well, it is | | | | my insurance I paid only $ 22 for a 30 |
| call Varenicline and it was developed by | | | | day supply. On the website it does |
| Pfizer Pharmaceuticals as a Nicotine | | | | recommend up to a twelve week program |
| Replacement Therapy (NRT). | | | | for better success. They came in package |
| I have been a lifelong smoker off and on | | | | similar looking as other daily pills. |
| since I was 15 years old. It has been an | | | | They are very small tablets and you take |
| addiction, and yes it is an addiction | | | | one per day the first three days, and |
| that I have tried and failed many times | | | | then two a day afterwards. For me I |
| to stop. The longest stretch was almost | | | | actually felt no withdrawal symptoms at |
| 7 years without smoking, and then it | | | | all, it was just like I had never smoked |
| came back into my life again like a bad | | | | cigarettes. I even drank a few beers |
| cold. I have realized there are certain | | | | with a friend 4 days into this program |
| stressors that are causing me to start | | | | and I felt no desire at all to smoke. I |
| smoking at times. I am now much more | | | | have been smoke free ever since, but I |
| able to resist them, since I know what | | | | did read about the side effects, that |
| they are. Still smoking is something | | | | it may cause insomnia or abnormal |
| that if you liked it all, and I did, | | | | dreams. I have had a little of both |
| sticks inside your head always. Now with | | | | those symptoms but it has not really |
| this new approach to nicotine addiction | | | | affected me too bad considering how good |
| I am finally free again from the grasp | | | | I feel now. |
| of needing my daily fixes. I save a lot | | | | I have started drinking a lot of water |
| of money and I just feel better that I | | | | each day, and have reduced my sugar |
| can beat this thing. I also think it is | | | | intake and caffeine as well. I also |
| a positive role model for teenagers to | | | | started walking and running more each |
| see that the parents are not smoking as | | | | week to help with the anticipated weight |
| well, but my father smoked tobacco pipes | | | | gains, but with summer time here it is |
| and both my sister and I started smoking | | | | not a problem to stay active. So I |
| when we were young. Peer pressure is | | | | strongly recommend that you read about |
| probably the biggest factor, but not the | | | | this wonder drug Varenicline today and |
| only one by far | | | | if you are really serious about quitting |
| So I was at my doctor's office | | | | smoking, this is the real deal to make |
| undergoing an annual physical exam and I | | | | it happen as painlessly as possible. |
| asked him if there was anything he would | | | | Imagine yourself not affected by all the |
| recommend about nicotine addiction. He | | | | smoker unfriendly rules at work and bars |
| told me about a product with the brand | | | | and restaurants. Long plane trips are so |
| name of "Chantix" and I found more | | | | much easier now, and everything just |
| information about it later at the | | | | smells and tastes better without the |
| website (Chantix.com). My doctor | | | | nasty cigarette smell on everything. I |
| explained to me that this was much | | | | love modern medicine and it will add |
| different than patches or gums, or even | | | | years to my life and I think it can for |
| Zyban. He said this actually blocks the | | | | you as well. |