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Most professionals recommend the patch. Nicotine gum sustains the oral satisfaction that comes from puffing on a cigarette. The patch removes the nicotine cravings, while giving you an opportunity to break the associated habits like lighting up when you're on the phone, after a meal, etc.
Walking for a half hour every day will help keep your metabolism revved up and keep you from gaining as much weight. Nicotine cessation, all else being equal, causes a slowdown in metabolism and you will gain weight otherwise.
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The patch is SO much better than the gum. You can never seem to satisfy your nicotine craving with the gum. You have to chew it a few times, and then press it against your cheek for a few minutes, to let the nicotine absorb. And you just can't ever seem to get enough nicotine out of the gum.
But with the patch, that craving for nicotine is just GONE. I know you're not really supposed to, but I wear the patch at work, so I don't have to keep taking cigarette breaks. And I can sometimes go a whole 8 hours without a cigarette, and without becoming irritable and antsy. I can honestly forget about cigarettes, instead of always thinking about my next smoke break. With the gum, that just wasn't possible.
People with TMJS can aggravate their jaw problems by repetitive chewing. Be of good cheer; the patch works better anyway.
I tried the patch and the gum and failed...My doctor told me they both only have 30% sucess rate
To quit smoking should be by using Nicotine patch &/or gum.
Nicotine polacrilex lozenges are a smoking replacement system similar to nicotine gum. It does not work very well, and there is the possibility of overdose. We recommend the patch.
Nicotine Replacement Gum has the same pure nicotine, that is also used in the patch, but in an oral formate.To use the gum to get relief from a cigarette craving is to;1- Put the gum in your mouth2-Bite down on it a few times to release the nicotine replacement and then PARK it somewhere in your mouth-like between your teeth and cheek.Check with a doctor or pharmasist as to how many pieces of Nicotine gum to use in a day.3-This gum is a medication not to be used as regular chewing gum.The active ingredient gets absorbed into your blood through your salivia glands under your tongue.You don't really want to swallow by creating too much saliva. It's bitter.Under the tongue is faster acting, then a time released patch, but not better, just a different way of using one of the few N.R.T. s.
smoked (as smoking tobacco, mapacho, etc.), insufflated (as tobacco snuff or nicotine nasal spray), chewed (as nicotine gum, tobacco gum or chewing tobacco), trans-dermal (as nicotine patch, nicogel or topical tobacco paste),intrabuccal(as dipping tobacco, snuffs, dissolvable tobacco or creamy snuff), directly inhaled(as nicotine inhaler),oral(as nicotini), buccal(as snus)
it is called as inunction It may also be referred to as Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). This would include other products as nicotine gum, lozenges, inhalors & even e-cigarettes as alternative sources of nicotine.
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To Stop SmokingIf you want to inhale nicotine to help you stop smoking, there are 3 alternative forms, the fake cigarette, the nicotine patch, or nicotine chewing gum. If you really want to stop, just stop. It can be done by means of self-control. Who is in charge of your life, you or nicotine?
The best stop smoking method is nicotine gum or patch. This method helps replace the nicotine one would normally smoke and helps ease smokers off of cigarettes.
.forms approved by the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) as of 2001--chewing gum, skin patch, nasal spray,and inhaler. nasal spray and inhaler are available only with a prescription. gum and some brands of the patch can be bought over the counter.
The term "nicotine gum" is not typically capitalized unless it is at the beginning of a sentence or part of a title. It should be written as "nicotine gum" in most instances.