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 | Stop Smoking | It replaced smoking, and I have went from 4mg to 2mg, but have been on it for 8 years, and cant stop. I chew 4-10 pieces a day depending on the day | M | 38 | 8 years | 4/17/2006 | 5 | As a substitute for smoking | I have been chewing nicottes for 16 years, a lot per day (30 2mg or so). I am again trying to cut down because I think it disturbs my sleep and my fingers fall asleep at night and now tingle sometimes. It never occurred to me that my hair shedding might be related but perhaps it is. Very hard to quit since I love the gum. I too wish there was 1 mg piece (and then a 0.5) so that eventually I would understand I did not need the drug. | M | 56 | 16 years | 5/5/2006 | 5 | to quit smoking (17 year habit) | Dizziness/loss of equilibrium. Irratibility-intensified moods and mood swings!!! I feel like I have such a short fuse. I was never like this before. And now that I've read others' comments I realized, yes hair loss too. | I really do think I'm addicted to nicorette. For those of you chewing lots of nicorette a day, try just chewing it until it tingles and take it out, put it back into the plastic square and save it. (Sounds icky...), but chew it again later - kind of like only chewing it for a short length of time. I ended up doing this because the gum is soo strong. This helped me to cut way down. | F | 34 | 4 months | 5/11/2006 | 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 | 5 | To quit smoking | Just the usual hiccups, sore tongue, sore mouth, sore teeth. | I am addicted to Nicorette. I have been on it for 2 1/2 years. You need to put on the instructions a way to get off of this. When I found this site, I couldn't believe there were other people who were addicted to this and how long they have been addicted. I quit smoking because I found out I have emphysema. The nicorette is great, but I want to stop now and can't. It cannot be good for me. | F | 50 | 2 years | 6/11/2006 | 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 | 1 | To stop smoking | 2yrs 1 month later and still chewing this Nicorette gum! I can not get off it and i am chewing 30 pieces of 2mg a day! Its awful and there should be more help to get of the gum. There is no contact us button on the website and when you phone up they sound like your the only one who has this problem, yet after looking on the internet i think most people get addicted to it. I think its worse than stopping smoking getting off this! It also costs me more money than smoking did! | Dont do it, try the patches! | F | 32 | 2 years | 7/6/2006 | 3 | Why? I think everyone knows | increase heart beats, throat numb, hicups, increase tiredness-(Pretty much all the side effect of nicotine) | I strongly suggest every pharmacy checks IDs since this is a over the counter drug. For everyone here, you should not chew over 10 a day. Personally, I think 5 a day is enough. You need to see each piece of gum as a cigarette. If you are chewing 15-30 of them a day, then it is similar as smoking 15 to 30 cigarettes a day. I had been smoking cigarettes for over 4 years and I was a chain smoker. If you really control yourself, this stuff will work. Now I am trying to chew 3 pieces a day and the rest of the time, I chew on ordinary gums. | M | 30 | 1.5 years | 7/12/2006 | 5 | Here is the contact us page for Pfizer/ Nicorette | M | 50 | 25 years | 7/15/2006 | 2 | stop smoking | Severely addicted to fruit nicorrette 2mg. Love the taste. Often feel short of energy, breath, and sometimes heart gets racing a bit. Have had an increase in maigraines. | The new candy coated stuff is terrible. It's all they sell around here now though. Went to 17 different drug stores one day just to find a pack of 30 2mg classic fruit nicorrette. Quitting this stuff is just as hard as quitting smoking. | M | 38 | 6 years | 7/15/2006 | 2 | I was smoking for 10 years | I am addicted to the gum for 3 years. It is better than smoking but sooo addictive. I chew lots of gum and have had mood swings, stomach problems, hair loss, mouth and jaws ache, and it is really hurting my purse. | I really think they have a "racket" going. If they really wanted people to stop using their product after 12 weeks then why dont they have a 1mg or a 0mg that tastes like the gum without the nicotine? It finally did help me stop smoking, but they need some support to stop chewing the gum, too. | F | 44 | 3 years | 7/24/2006 | 1 | stop smoking | Addiction to gum | F | 43 | 3 years | 7/24/2006 | 4 | Quit smoking | Normal. Hiccups and a little heartburn. | Smoked since I was a teen. Quit for 2 prenancies. Got through that but started smoking shortly after each. Started nicotine gum about 6 1/2 years ago and haven't stopped, BUT also haven't smoked. Looking for info into what long-term affects chewing basically all day/every day will have. Started with 2mg and moved to 4mg thinking I'd only use half and save money, but now I just pop the 4mg into my mouth. | 46 | 6 days | 9/15/2006 | 1 | Quit | Gas | I AM totally addicted and cannot quit the gum. I am very worried that having been on this for many years is dangerous to my health | F | 48 | 9 years | 9/30/2006 | 2 | Nicorette Gum | I wrote on this board when I was 39 I was addicted -well I'll be 43 in a few days and I'm still chewing - Today, October 2, 2006 I am going to try to quit the gum - OMG it has only been 10 hours without one and I am ready to lose it...tee hee! I told my husband he had better stay away for a few days. I'll check back and let you know if I've been successful or locked up :o) | Careful - it costs more than smoking and is highly addictive.... | F | 43 | 5 years | 10/2/2006 | 2 | Nicorette Gum | I wrote on this board when I was 39 I was addicted -well I'll be 43 in a few days and I'm still chewing - Today, October 2, 2006 I am going to try to quit the gum - OMG it has only been 10 hours without one and I am ready to lose it...tee hee! I told my husband he had better stay away for a few days. I'll check back and let you know if I've been successful or locked up :o) | Careful - it costs more than smoking and is highly addictive.... | F | 43 | 5 years | 10/2/2006 | 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 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 | to quit smoking | extremely minty mouth that makes me gag - the new flavours are horrid! | I am addicted to the gum and the addiction is escalating. I am having difficulties with withdrawal- trying to quit the gum since the company started manufacturing this new candy-coated awful product. I will still chew it in spite of the new, overwhelming and terrible flavouring. Go to Pfizers site and tell them what you think! http://www.pfizer.ca/english/our%20products/consumer%20healthcare/contact%20us/default.asp?s=1&IAgree=yes | F | 42 | 3 years | 10/17/2006 | 4 | Alternative Drug Delivery System | Couldn't have been too bad, still chewing after all these years. Approximately 20 2mg/day. | I have been chewing Nicotine Gum for over 10 years. I started and stopped and smoked again, and started and stopped and smoked again, and started and stopped and smoked again. Finally, I decided that the ills of chewing could never be as fatal as smoking. My approach was that the gum would provide me with a safer delivery system. I now chew gum. All the time. I do not smoke. Not for over 10 years. I haven't had the chronic bronchitis that I had year over year, and that in and of itself is enough to chew. I cut the costs at Justgum.com (Nicotrol rebranded nicorette gum). Forgive me if I sound like an ad, but cost is a real factor for those of us who need the gum. Nicotiine is a foe I've laid down my arms. Just limiting the damage it can cause me. | M | 44 | 10 years | 10/28/2006 |