NICORETTE Reviews (NICOTINE POLACRILEX)Average Rating: 2.6 (834 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NICORETTE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NICORETTE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | stop smoking | Severe stomach pains, loss of taste, intense cravings for the gum, unable to stop chewing the gum (20-40 pieces per day)contributed to stroke/heart attack/blood clot/loss of appetite contributing to large unwanted weight loss. Nicorette is intensely addicting and should not be available over the counter. It definitely stops the smoking habit but replaces it with something just as bad, if not worse. | At 83 years of age, addiction to Nictorette gum is not a pretty sight. It is sad. | F | 83 | 5 years | 5/27/2006 | 3 | to quit 40+ears of smoking | hair dry, breaking, sore gum | It is very additive and even years after quitting smoking, you have to buy nicorette gum | F | 79 | 6 years 4MG 7X day | 12/11/2012 | 1 | to quit smoking | unhealed mouth ulcer. Doctors do not know how to treat. Also eroded enamel on teeth and one broken down crown. | I no longer smoke and I stopped Nicorette when the mough ulcer appeared. | F | 77 | 150 days 10X day | 7/11/2011 | 1 | sores in mouth which doctors do not know how to treat | On the positive side was able to quit smoking using this product | F | 77 | 3 months 7X day | 3/8/2011 | 3 | Stop smoking | No side effects | I have been taking nicorettes for 35 years or when it first came out. I had a heart attack 4 weeks ago despite having my blood tested before the attack. My cholesterol glucose ADL HDL were all normal. The nicorette nearly killed me! | M | 74 | 10 days 33 | 8/25/2015 | 5 | To stop smoking | None | I have stopped smoking completely for 12 years. However I am now addicted to nicotine chewing gum. As there are NO negative side effects and my doctor is not aware of any negative consequences, I shall continue. My teeth and gums are in good condition - better than they were when I still smoked. My hair loss (I am 72) is less than most people of my age - just the usual male pattern bald spot at my crown. My lungs are in better shape and my general fitness has improved since I stopped smoking. Nicotine chewing gum has been a blessing. | M | 72 | 12 years 2 10X day | 12/13/2010 | 3 | Stopped smoking 11 years ago | Hair now getting very thin. Itchy nose ears, eyelids. Numb cold feeling in skin of lower legs and feet. Mouth ulcers. Tiredness. | These symptoms have come on slowly and I have only recently begun to connect them with the nicorette. I am now 72 hrs old. Otherwise in good health. B.P. And heart rate OK. I have been using 15 pieces of the 2 mg gum daily for 11 years. I am now trying to give up the gum, and to substitute wrigleys double mint instead. | F | 72 | 11 years 2 mg gum 10X day | 7/17/2011 | 5 | I cut each 2 mg. into four pieces and generally use 6 mg. per day (12 pieces), sometimes less. I've done this for 7 years. | F | 71 | 1X day | 2/18/2010 | 5 | To Stop Smoking | At Age 60 I had Sinus infections, had bad coughing spells. Mother's Day 1996 I quit smoking and used Nicorette Gum 4 mg.!I loved smoking so it took me 6 times to stop smoking using the Nicorette Gum. Three days no more coughing, no more sinus infections. ELEVEN (11)YEARS & I was still chewing the Nicorette Gum. 1998 I noticed the back of my front teeth had a groove and were worn so thin that it look like they might break in half. Ended up costing me $25,000 of reconstruction done on my upper teeth. Still did not realize that it was the gum that had created it. | The Nicorette Gum is extremely additive and could not seem to stop. I was very embarressed but told my Medical Dr. that I was addicted to the Gum. He put me on the pill Chantix. I have not had any gum for one month! | F | 71 | 11 years | 10/24/2007 | 1 | because i am addicted to it | High blood pressure,severe dental problems,numbness and burning in feet and legs, anxiety chest pains,and who knows what else is going on in my body.much more addicting than cigarettes. please do not start using nicorette. | F | 71 | 20 years 4mg 10X day | 2/2/2012 | 1 | Had to give up smoking - cancer | Long term anaemia(transfusions needed), gastritis, brittle nails, hair loss, very elevated alkaline phosphatus readings, high blood pressure, ringing and pulse noises in ears, palpitations | This is my second time using Nicorette. Previously addicted for 5 years, went to addiction clinic for help, got off the Nicorette but started smoking again. Not sure if any or all of my symptoms are a result of using Nicorette. However I have undergone all sorts of tests and camera investigations and no obvious cause can be found for any of these problems. Having now read other people's symptoms there is too much similarity for me to ignore the fact that Nicorette might be causing mine. I am going to do my very best to give up, it's not going to be easy as I am totally addicted. | F | 71 | 7 years 30+ Mg 1X day | 6/3/2016 | 5 | Smoking started to cause bronchitis | Severe osteoporosis of the facial bones. Parts of bones dissolved. | Good product. Does its job. But when you are told to not take it for more than a year do as you're told. Or don't moan about the consequences. | M | 70 | 20 years 36mg 1X H | 7/18/2016 | 4 | quit smoking | F | 70 | 2 years 2 MG 4X day | 5/8/2013 | 4 | Quit smokeless tobacco | None so far. | I am using this product to quit smokeless tobacco. I am taking 2 mg approx. 8 per day. Although the product is definitely addictive, I feel that it is not as powerful or as harmful as smokeless tobacco. | M | 70 | 60 days | 4/17/2009 | 1 | quit smoking | Totally addictive | It h you get my pointelped me quit,smoking, back in the day when it wasn't flavored 1984. 19 years later I started smoking and decided to quit with the gum, as I had done before. I quit smoking again BUT now I am addicted to the flavored Nicorette and now the gum is chewing me, if you get my point. | F | 70 | 5 years 4 mg | 8/15/2015 | 1 | just started to stop smoking. | ringing in ears,headache,poor sleep,mucsle pain | never start taking it, | M | 69 | 8 years 4mg 10X day | 6/25/2015 | 5 | To quit smoking | Hair loss | Does anyone know.... when one quits nicorette... will your hair grow back in time? I see this question asked many times.... but I quess the people who's hair grew back do not re-visit this site when they are cured of their side effects??? | F | 68 | 3 years | 7/2/2009 | 5 | to ease withdrawal from smoking | tender jaw occasionally | I have found that cutting the 2 mg. into 4 pieces (carry them in a tin that came with mints) cuts WAY down on consumption, now about 2 a day (8 pieces). A nuisance, yes -- but way better than the regular 8 pieces a day I was taking. | F | 68 | 2 days | 2/3/2007 | 4 | to stop smoking | About the time I stopped smoking, a year ago, now, I started chewing the gum. I developed a swelling and mild discomfort in my stomach. Gastritis, based on internal examination recently, seems to be the problem. I see some comments here that link the gum's use to gastritis. The gum seems to induce me to drink more, and excess drinking also seems to be a cause of gastritis. Curiously, I mentioned to both my doctors who are in one way or another treating me for the stomach swelling and pain issues that I was chewing the gum. Neither said it would present a problem. Well, I am so tired of the stomach problems, enlarged abdomen etc.. that I'm going to make a sincere effort to cut out the gum and cut down on the alcohol. I have become addicted to that combination and its hurting my health. Gotta quit. | M | 68 | 1 years 2 mg 10X day | 6/9/2016 | 5 | Equate is cheaper and the same | I smoked.for 43 years. I no longer do. Enough said. No hair loss, no increase is blood sugar, excellent BP, my teeth are strong and all mine! No side effects period. It's better than smoking. No odor on my breath, yes I always ask. No skin Rash. Truth is no side effects, but I do get tired of my addiction to them. But as my doctors agree. I'm not smoking. Equate is identical and cost far less. | M | 67 | 10 years 2 mg | 11/20/2015 |