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 | Quit Vaping/smoking | I used the patches for three days. I put them on my chest and didn't even notice they were there. Then on day four, the patch fell off at work so I followed the instructions and put on another one. After about an hour I got so sick I could barely function. I felt like I was about to have a seizure. It caused my GERD to flare up, which I now have to be on medication for the next few months. I was absolutely sick for three days after. I will never use these patches again. | Definitely never using again, and after reading all of these comments, will try to figure out quitting on my own. | F | 32 | 3 days 7mg 1X day | 3/9/2024 | 5 | Quitting smoking | No side effects except the satisfaction of smoking a cigarette. | I don't believe this gum to be harmful in any way. I believe Nicotine can be used safely without any long term adverse effects. Things like mouth sores can be attributed to an increased movement of the tongue against the teeth. Study's are beginning show nicotine is not harmful in moderate quantities. Like the old saying goes, "Everything in moderation". The one downside is it is addictive of course, it's nicotine! | M | 38 | 1 years 4mg x10 10X day | 11/23/2023 | 2 | Quit smoking | I started taking this years ago (the spray) and never managed to come off it but in may head I thought it must be healthier than smoking. I've developed anxiety and panic disorder over the years and never made the connection until now. I also have a rash on my arm which won't seem to clear, huge weight gain and fatigue. Reading all these comments has made me push to quit now. It just generally decreases quality of life and is not a long term product. I'm glad I've read this before more serious problems happen. | M | 36 | 6 years 10X day | 7/17/2023 | 1 | Stop smoking | Before taking these I was quiet healthy apart from smoking but now Iv been having stomach problems for years now and thought I had a ulcer Iv had pains in my stomach/ lower rib area and shortness of breath Iv been put on heart monitor had a ct scan and a ultrasound but they can't find anything but after reading some of these comments it sound like these lozenges could be the problem | M | 41 | 5 years 4mg 10X day | 6/29/2023 | 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 | 1 | quit smoking | HAIR LOSS. ANXIETY. FATIGUE. | M | 38 | 6 months 4m4 10X day | 10/2/2022 | 3 | to quit smoking | gas, stomach aches, lumps in back of throat. | on the bright side these side effects scared me into quitting for real | M | 21 | 3 months 1MG 10X day | 6/29/2022 | 3 | Cut down smoking | I thought my gums were receding and I did not make the connection. Then I started getting sores and patches of swelling and sometimes white stuff. Finally, I would wake up with bad breath and white stuff on my tongue. I was having too much acidity from this and luckily I realized and switched to vape pen. I would mouth wash and gargle with watered down baking soda - to balance the acidity. I also used a medical mouthwash my dentist gave me for a week. The sores have gone away and my breath is good now. However I have also lost one cap in my mouth after another.. the acidity was eating away at my dental work. It has been very expensive, caps lost became implants. And my gums are already receded badly. I also realize after reading other stories that it would make my heart race and make me more prone to anxiety, I realize that now that I have stopped. Highly addictive as others mentioned, always panicked to run out and if I restocked I would feel so relieved. | Almost destroyed my mouth if I did not make the connection and stopped. However, it's important to have an alternative to smoking if you can not quit. Smoking is probably worse. I recommend regularly mouthwashing with baking soda If you continue to take these, may slow down the damage. | F | 41 | 3 years 2mg lozeng 10X day | 3/22/2022 | 3 | Quit smoking | Itchy, anxiety, ringing ear , sore mouth, can't focus, dry skin | M | 46 | 2 months 4 10X day | 3/20/2022 | 4 | To stop smoking. | Extreme hair loss (have had to begin wearing wig); occasional ulcers in mouth; constant dehydration and constipation, regardless of how much water I drink; dry mouth; occasional jaw pain. But the hair loss is by FAR the most severe. I've lost 80%of my hair, and it was long, thick, and healthy until I began chewing nicotine gum. | It DID help me stop smoking...but if my hair doesn't grow back (I am 2 days into quitting the gum), I can tell you that as a 47 yr old, social woman, I would've preferred taking my chances with smoking WITH a full head of hair, over the gum and going bald. As a woman, and a relatively young, fit one, baldness is devastating. Women like bald men. No man wants a bald woman. People avoid me bc they think I look like a freak. Please tell me it will all grow back now that I've quit the gum! | F | 47 | 6 years 4mg, then 10X day | 12/8/2021 | 3 | To give up smoking. | Enamel erosion, to the most severe level before more serious work needed. My dentist has been telling me for the past 3 or 4 years that I must be grinding my teeth at night. Except I don't grind my teeth; I'm an open mouth-breather all night, and my wife has never heard me grinding my teeth. I've worn though, as requested, a dental guard all night religiously for the last year but the dentist reckons I have not be wearing it as no signs of grinding it. Also, I get severe indigestion at times, that limits my diet and what I can eat. On the rare occasion I stop chewing (forgotten to take some with me away for the weekend, or run out on holiday) this indigestion seems to clear up within a day. | Nicorette meant that I didn't smoke cigarettes any more. But it just replaced the method of nicotine delivery to one which was always there, and accessible whenever and wherever I desired. Therefore usage went up and continued as I could always secretly be chewing on a piece. | M | 41 | 12 years 4mg 10X day | 8/14/2021 | 1 | To stop smoking | Bloated stomach. Gas. Sore stomach. Stomach pains. Aching limbs. Sore feet. Sensitive teeth. Dry skin. | Went to doctors a year ago with severely distended stomach and pains. Had blood tests, ultrasound scan and CT scan. All normal apart from gas seen on ultrasound. No further explanations. Only on doing lots of research did I come across these reviews which have now made me think these symptoms which started when I gave up smoking and started nicorette lozenges could be a result of these lozenges.It will be hard as I think I am now addicted but I will stop these and hope the health issues I have will go. I was always a very active person but I feel a lot older than my age and find it difficult to exercise anymore. It's even difficult to walk sometimes. I do not recommend these lozenges. | F | 49 | 2 years 2 10X day | 8/14/2021 | 1 | Replaced ADHD meds | Addiction, jaw pain, can't open mouth properly, irregular heartbeat, swollen throath and pharynx, difficulty swallowing and breathing, heartburn, ringing of ears.. Prob. high blood pressure too, but I'm too afraid to check that out. | My real freaquency was 15-20 pcs per day. Never again! | F | 41 | 7 years 2 mg 10X day | 6/16/2021 | 3 | Quit smoking | did get heart palpations if I had too much, I used the 4Mg, chronic indigestion that will not go away even after stopping the gum, it has been going on nearly 2 weeks, feeling of lump in throat, and can not get air out, this all started after a stressful day of chewing, I might not of been using it properly that day, I can understand if it is not used correctly there will be side effects, but if these are the effects that are coming out of something can easily be misused, it needs to have massive warnings on the packet. | Been back to the doctors twice, regarding the indigestion, causing massive anxiety, I know it's linked to the gum because I have never had issues with any type of reflux or indigestion before until I had a few too many on the day theses symptoms started, if you have a similar story of symptoms please email me, I would like to know more or how you got over it. | M | 33 | 1 years 10X day | 6/1/2021 | 3 | To stop smoking | I don't know if this was wrong with me or not. I have just been going through a lot with dermatologist and doctors trying to figure out why I have a rash on my leg that will never go away. My ears have been ringing. My hair is falling out tremendously. They have done cat scans of my brain to see what's going on with my ears and all types of test. They have done skin biopsies of the rash to figure out what is causing it. They have been testing me for systemic lupus and skin lupus. They want to say that it is lupus but the blood test are not agreeing with them. I started reading about hair thinning and that's why I was led here. I hope you all are able to respond to me. I would appreciate any emails are answers here. I am getting very afraid now | Continue from the top. So I was sent to a rheumatologists because of the skin rash and their hair falling out and the primary doctor saying that I have Lupus. The rheumatologists did a lot of extra blood work and was for certain that that is not what is wrong with me or any other autoimmune disease. She sent me back to another dermatologist and so I'm just going around in circles. They can't seem to figure out what is causing the ringing ears, ongoing rash on leg, and sudden severe hair thinning. I would like to hear from all of you and know what you think about this, please email me. Since I've had every blood work and kind of test from A to Z, this is the only thing I can think of because this is the only thing that I do every day and I have been doing this for 13 years. | M | 39 | 13 years 4 mg 10X day | 5/29/2021 | 1 | Addicted | Abdominal and bowel problems, diarrhea, very anxious and irritable at times, insomnia | In addition to nicotine, am addicted to the oral and psychological fix/routine. It is soooo hard to stop. I think harder than smoking b/c people don't know that you're using lozenges (you can hide/mask it much mire easily than smoking). It's sooo expensive and I feel guilty/worthless about using the lozenge. In the past year, after trying to stop, I didn't last more than a day and now I consume way too much (24 in one day). | F | 44 | 6 years 2 mg 2X H | 5/6/2021 | 3 | To stop occasional social smoking | I have been chewing nicorette gum on and off for a decade. I used to be a smoker 20 years ago and sometimes I relapse for a few days (usually when I travel to Europe, where I am from ) A side effect that I attribute to this gum is... major hair thinning! About a month or two after chewing the gum, clumps of hair will deposit in the shower- and that reminds me that I need to stop this habit (addiction 🤔) Then when I start the gum again, same thing! Also: under eye circles because of the vasoconstriction that nicotine causes, and I think that for some reason Nicorette is worse that cigarettes in that respect. | I don't want to ever slip back into being addicted to cigarettes - but the rush I get from the occasional cigarette is very satisfying, I smoke for a few days (mostly when I am traveling or working on projects with fellow artists and nihilists) and then go back to Nicolette... Ah, it's complicated. | F | 55 | 10 years 8 6X day | 5/3/2021 | 2 | To quit smoking | Severe toothache and mouth issues | If you have a bad toothache, avoid this gum! They boast that the gum doesn't contain sugar, but severely worsens toothaches. Had a massive toothache for 2 days constantly, ever since I stopped the gum, the pain has gone down by at least 80% | M | 34 | 2 weeks 4mg gum 1X day | 5/2/2021 | 1 | Addicted to nicotine lozenges! | Teeth completely destroyed. Hair loss. Severe health issues I am sure were caused by the Nicotine lozenges. And I still cannot quit and spend a tremendous amount of money on that poison. | Wish I had just kept smoking instead of starting on the poisonous Nicotine lozenges. | F | 59 | 19 years 4 10X day | 2/11/2021 | 1 | Quit smoking | Habit forming. Gastric symptoms. Stuck in throat feeling. | Main symptoms occured when wanting to stop Nicolette. Heartburn, indigestion, smell changes, dizzy, neausea, diarrhea, constipation, abdominal cramps. These have been lasting longer than 1 month. Still working with doctor to work out root cause, however all symptoms started with quiting Nicolette. All NRT should only be available via script. Here in Australia NRTs are available in the supermarket. | M | 37 | 5 years 1X day | 12/30/2020 |