Originally Posted by
JAB
FYI, the gum is not as bad as it use to be. It now has a hard minty shell that helps alot with the taste problem from the past. Also, I am currently on my sixth week smoke free. I say that to say, I asked a family member who is a doctor if he could right me a prescription for something to help me stop. He told me he would but that he is not impressed AT ALL with anything currently on the market to help. He recogmended finding an online or local group that is designed as a support group. He said he had seen too many people spend alot of money on prescriptions only to still be hooked on them after the prescription was gone.
IMO the patch sucks. I would have these weird dreams if I kept them on all night. The level one patches would leave blisters on my arm. And it never took care of the oral fixation. The gum really is working well for me. I started off with a piece everytime I would want a cigarette. After a couple of days I would replace one or two pieces a day with regular gum. And slowly over three weeks I replaced every piece of Nicorette with regular gum. I am now only chewing the gum when I have had a couple of drinks around smokers. (can't give up all my vises!)