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 | To avoid smoking | Hairloss, poor healing, anxiety, insomnia, Irregular heartbeats and several unpleasant heart related symptoms like chest pain, skipped beats etc, racing pulse etc. | It is a horrible medicine. It makes you so much more addicted than cigarettes and you can even take both these and cigarettes. EVERYONE I know that uses nicorette cannot stop and continues for years and years. Noone stops after 3 months as recommended, and noone gives any help to quit the gums, there is no talk about the dangers, they just wanna earn money!! | F | 38 | 10 years 40 10X day | 6/17/2013 | 2 | To quit chewing tobacco | Dry mouth, trouble sleeping, heartburn, bleeding gums, dry thin skin, headaches, etc,. | It seemed fine for the first year. I didn't want to admit that the side effects were from the gum, but in the last year especially, it has become apparent that this crap is effecting my life. I have cut back significantly in the past 10 months, chewing a smaller & smaller bit, but still have it in my mouth almost constantly. I am finishing off my second day cold turkey. Really bad headache all day today, but feeling a little better now. I am determined to be done & get my life back! | M | 57 | 3 years 4mg 3X day | 6/6/2013 | 3 | To stop smoking | sore mouth; sore throat; occasional blood blister on inside of cheek; sore tongue; bloated stomach | I never saw any danger in taking Nicorette and so continued for many years. I quite enjoyed it - gave me the same buzz as smoking. Recently however, I began to think it may be doing me harm. I had muscle weakness and joint problems. At any rate I guessed the nicotine and toxins were not going to help a condition like that, plus I thought there may be a possibility of throat cancer if I continued chewing. First I cut down to half a 2mg piece three times a day. Not easy but bearable - just! Did this for 2 weeks and then went cold turkey. This was 2 days ago - day 1 was worse than I thought it would be - intense withdrawal symptoms plus I felt really sick plus I slept for England - day 2 was about the same with the addition of night sweats. It is day 3 today and I feel a bit better. I think I can do this now. Good tip - drink fizzy water to help with the nausea. | F | 57 | 22 years 2mg 7X day | 6/3/2013 | 1 | to stop smoking | Been taking for 4 yrs come of them gone cold turkey side affects headaches feel faint sick so tired no energy should not be able to buy over counters should only get from doctors | F | 40 | 4 years 1 | 5/16/2013 | 4 | Quit Smoking | None | Weaned myself off nicorette mini lozenges as quickly as I could. Still took a lot of willpower, but it worked for me. After reducing to around 4 a day I started cutting them in half to reduce the dosage. Basically stretched out the withdrawal over weeks so that it was easier to take. I did not follow their prescribed plan. | M | 30 | 3 weeks 2 6X day | 5/14/2013 | 1 | To stop smoking | It scares me, I feel sick, my jaw, neck and shoulders are so tight and in pain all the time, my stomach is burning, is bloated gassy, I am so tired, i have a headache most of the time, no energy, tightness on my chest, I have insomnia. I want to quit, and I will, no matter what, if not, I think it will kill me. I wonder if somebody knows if you can reverse all these symptoms once you quit and bring your health back. | F | 56 | 1 days 30 mg | 5/14/2013 | 1 | To stop smoking | Teeth problems, skin, stomach, heart , etc | Why is this poison still on the market ? If I had known the hell it would put me through, I never would have started it. I have tried for years to get questions answered, the manufacture has never even had the curtsey to reply to my questions. I need to get off this ASAP ! | F | 57 | 25 years 5 mg 10X day | 5/13/2013 | 4 | quit smoking | F | 70 | 2 years 2 MG 4X day | 5/8/2013 | 3 | Stop smoking | I was using lozengers (4mg) per tab and must say it helped me stop smoking but these are just as bad. I started noticing bloating issues and weight gain in past 3 months as my usage increased from 6 lozenges to about 15 per day. Plus heart would feel like it would doble beat or echo... feeling... almost as if it was in water. As of two days ago, I am only taking 1/4 lozenger at a time and limiting myself to 2 maximum lozenges a day... I am going to quit this too... I know it is tough but I want to be here for my kids. | M | 53 | 2 years 50MG 1X day | 5/2/2013 | 1 | Stop smoking prior to operation | Hair loss, Enlarged spleen, I.T.P. - low platelets, constipation, eating disorders, irritability, addiction, | I am sick with panic after reading from this site. I have been poisoning myself for 22years... Spoken to doctors about nicorette and been told its better than smoking... But I think it should be monitored.. The more I have the more I want. It is in my mouth 24/7 and I still smoke up to 10 a day. I developed ITP in 2005, cause unknown! I don't think I ever told the specialists about nicorette because I've never thought of it as a medication! But after my current problems, enlarged spleen, gallbladder removed, problems with eating, hair loss with no explanation! And god knows what else going on with my gut/stomach! It's got to stop! And people should not be able to buy it so easily and self medicate! You can buy it in grocery stores now! | F | 51 | 21 years 4 mg 10X day | 4/29/2013 | 1 | to stop smoking | I should have never started the nicorette gum, now it's harder than smoking to quit. | I should have never started the nicorette gum, now it's harder than smoking to quit. How can I get help. Thanks | F | 56 | 13 years 2 mg 4X H | 4/28/2013 | 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 | To quit Skoal | I used it initially to stop dipping and it worked great. However, I soon became addicted to the gum. At first I had heartburn, but, that went away. Now, I'm getting horrible ulcers all over my tongue. Also, the left side of my jaw constantly aches and it feel like nerve damage is extending from it, through my ear, and up the side of my face. The combination of the aching jaw and tongue ulcers, make it torturous to even eat. After reading everything on here, I got out some old patches, some regular gum, and will be quitting tonight. | M | 33 | 2 months 10xD | 4/16/2013 | 1 | Smoking cessation. | HORRIBLE!!! I quit tobacco only to become addicted to these 4mg Lozenges! I actually use these at least 12 per day, which is more than I used tobacco! Stomach pain and cramps, SEVERE MOUTH ULCERS/sores. Severe cravings if I run out. What a nightmare! | Don't use unless you are under the very strict watch of your doctor!!! These are highly addictive- even more so than cigarettes- and more socially acceptable due to no second hand smoke etc... I am trying cold turkey quitting these 4mg lozenges | F | 41 | 3 years $mg Lozeng 10X day | 4/15/2013 | 5 | To not smoke | None, really. Much easier than cigarettes to quit, mild craving for only a day or two. But then I gained 30 lbs. Now it's like a diet pill. | F | 61 | 10 years 4 mg 8X day | 4/14/2013 | 3 | to quit smoking | heart palpitations, severely dry throat, anxious | it's helped me stop smoking but given me scary heart palpitations and my throat is extremely dry to the point where it's hard to speak and makes me cough. I am also disappointed that I'll have to "quit" this soon too, but it is better than smoking as far as I can tell. | F | 27 | 26 days 4 mg 5X day | 4/11/2013 | 4 | to quit smoking | low white blood count, swollen lymph nodes | highly addictive | F | 53 | 8 years 2 mg 1X H | 3/23/2013 | 3 | to quit smoking | heart attack atherosclerosis, tmj , high blood pressure | M | 60 | 10 years 2mg 10X day | 3/21/2013 | 5 | to stop smoking cigarettes | None really though rather than reduce I am increasing. I now use 20 bits of gum a day. 12 years ago it was 10. Sometimes if I use 25-30 then my stomach lets me know - the moderate discomfort disappears within 10 mins of stopping chewing. | It's better than smoking fags! | M | 42 | 12 years 4mg gum 1X H | 3/15/2013 | 3 | To quit smoking... | I took the nicorette Lozenges, some of my symptoms include a complete and utter loss of libido, 5 minutes and splat. Gastrointestinal problems and heartburn as well as harsh acne. | The lozenges were the best smoking aid I had ever had until i realized it was plaguing my sex life with ED which smoking also does...but im 24...this way you get 2mg of nicotine into your body every time you use bar none. If your going to use the lozenges congrats cuz its a great product but be cautious and use as directed not for years or you could go cold turkey with the product and smoking in general. It caused heavy heart burn especially when i first started using it and really messed with my stomach. Finally, acne, I never had acne kick in so hard for me even in my teens or while i was actually smoking but since i started to take the lozenges my face might as well be called mars....the red planet. Im stopping today for all the above reasons namely the first... if you love your woman you owe it to yourself to quit NICOTINE in general. | M | 24 | 10 months 2mg 1X day | 3/4/2013 |