Quote from: Gretchen on March 08, 2012, 06:55:15 AM
Quote from: Asfsd4214 on March 01, 2012, 05:54:02 PM
How can it be more expensive to get help quitting than to continue smoking?
It's almost like the government is involved.
I have been nicotine free for six months now and like everyone else it took more than one time to quit. I have figured out how to use the the hard candy nicotine substitutes and be successful. It took me three times to figure this out and it does not cost as much. The process is almost like going cold turkey except for the fact that you can take the edge off and not have to go into a full blown nicotine withdrawl. So here's what I did, I bought the 2mg hard candy not the 4mg it's just to strong to use if you really want to quit. Now here is where you are going to save your money and not dump a fortune on this damm substitutes, only take the candy to take the edge off. Do not follow the instructions of the product because you will just get hooked on them and before you know it your smoking again. Try to go as long as you can before you eat the candy and if you can keep them down to four or five a day you are doing great and after two weeks you have to stop using the candy and go cold turkey frome there. It sucks but it really works.
Clever. I tried a similar thing with nicotine gum. I wasn't doing too well with them, or with the 14mg/24hr patch's. When I went to the doctor she prescribed me the full strength 21mg/hr patch's. Normally the pack recommends to start with 14mg/24hr if you smoke less than 20 a day, which was what I was doing. But I had little success with 14mg/24hr. I actually found the full strength patch's worked extremely well, been without a smoke for a few weeks now and I've moved to the 14mg/24hr without any serious cravings.
It makes me wonder if the patch's work better if you start with full strength regardless of how much you smoke.
With a script (in Australia) they're only 34$ for 28 patch's, $5.50 if you have a healthcare/concession card. Really cheap by comparison.
