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 |
| 4 | To quit chewing tobacco | Addiction to nicorette. I was chewing 20-30 pieces of 4mg gum per day for 4 years. Blood pressure increased over this time. Traded nicorette addiction for 10 lbs. and Wrigley's Extra addiction. Met my goal of giving up nicotine, just took a bit longer and thousands of dollars more than i'd have liked. | M | 4 years | 1/26/2008 | 4 | to quit smoking | big bald spot, that feels heavy on my head | put down the cig's and the gum there both horrible | M | 12 months | 5/26/2009 | 3 | stop soking | Addicted to the classic fruit 2mg. 4 mg is a bit strong. Feel tired all the time and getting FAT. | What have they done to the 2mg fruit classic? That new candy stuff tastes like shit. I'm wasting gas money trying to find the old fruit stuff. For some reason it just tastes good. The new fruit makes me wanna yack. | 4 years | 6/27/2006 | 3 | 9 years of Nicorette addiction | Nicorette started out as the perfect alternative to smoking while at work. Clean, discreet, fresh breath and my much loved nicotine buzz. 9 years later I'm 30 years old and chewing 10-15 pieces of 4 mg a day. That's a lot of nicotine I've realized!!! I'm chronically dehydrated, nauseous all the time , have unexplained weakness, low blood sugar, food cravings, dry mouth, racing heartbeat at bedtime, heart palpitations and random tremors in my chest throughout the day and lightheaded ness a couple hours each day. All around I feel like something is not right but I've learned to live with my symptoms and tolerate then. Hard to remember what I use to feel like. If I don't chew the gum my symptoms drastically improve... Only problem is, I'm addicted. Yes, I will cry without my gum and the day just doesn't go on without it. Something that makes me so sick, yet I allow it. This stuff is a bad thing to get started on, especially if you really enjoy the sensation nicotine gives you rather then the actual act of smoking | F | 1 days 40-45mg | 4/7/2014 | 3 | To not smoke and still get nicotine | Have quit a couple times for short periods of time and noticed intense brainfog. It was hard for me to focus or complete any sort of task with confidence. I was sort of 'out of it' mentally. It got really bad and I got paranoid, so I then went back on the gum Havent noticeable experienced any side effects. I am quitting nicotine gum today, and will try to notice or stay aware of anything that changes. | M | 7 years 2mg 10X day | 9/6/2016 | 2 | to combat withdrawal symptoms | Addiction to this product is the most severe side effect. I cannot go anywhere without this product.. Addiction is worse than with cigarettes. | F | 2 years 2mg 10X day | 9/11/2013 | 2 | Smoking | Hairloss and Hormonal changes | The hairloss was hard enough to deal with but the acne and moodswings are not worth it. | F | 4 months | 8/27/2007 | 2 | quit smoking | acne, stomach discomfort, mild hair loss | finally quit gum, after 4+ years. i was using anywhere from 10-12 2mg pieces per day. Finally said enough and cut back to 2-3 2mg per day and quit. let me say this, compared to quitting smoking, this has been a cakewalk. I think the only reason I didn's quit earlier is that there was no reason to. The delivery method was socially acceptable (gum), no real proven side effects of long term NRT use and just afraid to let go of the 'crutch'. I found that replacing the habit was far easier than losing my 25 year friend (smokes). far less complicated and easily supplemented with regular, pedestrian chewing gum. adios nicotine. | M | 4 days | 1/8/2009 | 1 | To quit smoking. | Mouth ulcers, lots of mouth ulcers. Severe withdrawal symptoms, total dependence. Fatigue. | This gum should be banned. I chew 4mg gum constantly (about 30 per day). I have been chewing for approaching two years. I am going to go and get Zyban from my Doctor to quit the gum as I am worried about the effect the gum is having on my general health. | M | 2 years | 6/21/2007 | 1 | to stop smoking | anxious and depressed because you are so addicted to the gum | I've used it at work and can't hardly function without it. Now I seem to chew one piece after another. I think it is worse than smoking as far as the addiction | F | 15 years | 10/16/2006 | 1 | For excessive daytime sleepiness | Tinnitus, dizziness, addiction, increase in blood pressure. | I originally tried Nicorette because I was experiencing incredible daytime sleepiness in college. I became addicted which is unfortunate as I have never once even tried a cigarette. I have been using it for 4+ years. I wish it hadn't been available over the counter. | F | 4 years | 1/11/2007 | 1 | to stop smoking | anxious and depressed because you are so addicted to the gum | I've used it at work and can't hardly function without it. Now I seem to chew one piece after another. I think it is worse than smoking as far as the addiction | F | 15 days | 10/16/2006 | 1 | to quit smoking-15 years ago-hooked | weight gain, dry mouth, dry throat, heart palpatations, clogged veins in head, colon+esophogeal problems, dry eyes, coughing, muscle twitching, bleeding gums, loss of tooth enamel, reseeding gum line. Not sure if this is caused my this drug or the methotrexate that I was prescribed. Both appear to be highly toxic. Clogged veins in head, like they are about to explode. Need to quit. | Severely addicted. Hooked for almost fifteen years. | F | 15 years 2-4mg 10X day | 5/30/2012 | 1 | smoking cessation | 4 root canals, loss of taste, canker sores, chronic headaches, joint pain. | More needs to be stressed on the side effects from artificial sweeteners and flavorings in Nicorette Gum. | M | 7 years 4mg 10X day | 4/11/2012 | 1 | To quit smoking | Loose teeth and fillings falling out, hair brittle and falling out, racing heart, dry itchy skin, developed type 11 diabetes, sore jaw and mouth sores. | Nicorette gum is designed to be addictive and corporate greed is the reason. People wean off the patch in a month or so but the gum is harder to quit than cigarettes. The longer a person is addicted the more money Nicorette brings in for the shareholder thugs. Moral of the story? No morals. | F | 10 years 2X H | 4/20/2013 | 1 | have been on them for 3 years . | Can not get of them.and have lost teeth.8io | F | 3 years 4.mg | 5/4/2014 | 1 | This is why I question whether it's the nicotine or the gum base that's causing problems: healthwyze.org/index.php/component/content/article/383-why-a-stick-of-gum-is-more-harmful-to-your-health-than-anything-that-you-eat.html | 1X day | 11/4/2015 | 1 | Stop Smoking | Hair loss - chest pains - teeth loss - torn bicep tendons - anxiety - mental confusion -small cuts never healing. | A regular pack of cigarettes contains around 15 mg of nicotine and when you inhale your lungs can only absorb around 10 to 15 percent of the nicotine. So when you smoke one pack cigarettes you are only absorbing around 2 mg of nicotine for the whole day. Now the problem with the gum and lozenges is that you are being told it is alright to overdose on nicotine for 12 weeks. For example, one piece of gum contains 2 mg. of nicotine which is equal to a whole pack of cigarettes. So what happens when you eat the maximum recommended dosage of 20 � 2 mg lozenges or pieces of gum a day? What happens is that you are now absorbing a total 40 mg of nicotine a day. That is equal to 20 packs of cigarettes a day! Then if you eat the 4 mg gum that is equal to 40 packs of cigarettes a day! 40 packs of cigarettes a day! You are also instantly addicted the very first week you use it. That is if you don�t to start hick up and then throw up your lunch all of the time. Also I wish you some good luck when you try to go back to smoking cigarettes. I guarantee that you will be smoking at least 2 packs of cigarettes a day. In a way it would be cheaper to just pay the $70 a week for the gum. Then after all of your hair and teeth fall out your heart will stop. I am not kidding! But at least you will have stopped smoking. Go into any Walgreens or CVS and look at what is right behind the cashier in every store across the country and what do you see? You will see their most profitable sel | M | 1 years 0 1X day | 11/12/2015 | 1 | Pour arrêter de fumer | Irritability, anxiety et perte de cheveux diffuse et plaque | J'ai arrêté de fumer il y a 3 ans. Je prenais des gommes nicorette pendant plus de 2 ans et j'ai arrêté depuis le 2 février. J'ai perdu la moitié de mes cheveux et ils sont très fins je ne pensais pas que ça pouvait être à cause des gommes mais quand je suis tombé sur ces commentaires et les études sur les souris je me suis dit que c'était sûrement ça. SI PARMIS VOUS, vous avez eu le même problème de perte de cheveux et qu'ils sont revenus complètement après avoir arrêter j'aimerais savoir au bout de combien de temps c'est arrivé ? Et si c'est revenu à la normale ? ÉCRIVEZ MOI SUR CE MAIL POUR ME DIRE SVP [email protected] Je n'ai pas peur d'arrêter cette gomme même si c'est dur tout est dans la tête et c'est toujours moins pire d'arrêter ça que la cigarette. Courage à vous qui passez par la. Courage à moi. | F | 2 years 4mg | 2/18/2023 | 2 | To give up smoking | Addiction to nicorette, disinterest in cigarettes, and an unhealthy obsession with trying to get a job at a nicorette factory.Also I have been experimenting with heroin to get off nicorettes - I heard smack is less addictive - Also I have developed a strong german accent even though I am Irish | Ever since taking nicorettes my symptoms have beeen getting worse and worse and last week the most embarrassing thing happened - a film crew asked if I would play the part of a viscious German Nazi in a film about the second world war - ha ha they saw the funny side whe I explained " bot you haff ze person my neim is shamus o leary and I haff vays of mekking you giff me nicorettes" | M | 17 | 3 days | 3/15/2007 |