NICORETTE Reviews (NICOTINE POLACRILEX)Average Rating: 2.6 (834 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NICORETTE with similar:
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| 1 | To Quit Smoking | UPDATE: It's now 10/11/12 and I've been nicotine free 7/27/12 and i've never been happier. Finally ditched the 2 tubes of nicotine lozenges. The flatulence is back to normal or minimal if you want to call it that. For 2 to 3 weeks after quitting nicotine I was buzzing as if I had gotten high or drunk. I guess after 25 years all my body has known was nicotine. Maybe it was my body detoxing. It was scary at first but wonderful knowing I was going back to "normal" so to say. I still crave nicotine but the cravings are subsiding slowly. Too slow for my tastes but I take it day by day and if it get's too bad I have a sugarfree 2 calorie mint and it helps greatly. FIRST POST: I was a pack a day smoker for 20 years. Doctor gave me a breathing treatment when i got sick. I knew I had to quit so I quit smoking and started the lozenge. I hate I did. I should have just quit the smoking and been done. After 5 years of nicorette and the sams version of the nicorette. I have quit the lozenge and been free of nicotine for 10 days now with no desire to start again. I found this board when I kept having severe mouth sores. I swore it was the lozenge that was making it happen and after what I've read on here I was right. I immediately stopped taking them and I still have two and a half tubes left. The open one still sits in front of me but I refuse to take one. For so many years I've let nicotine control me. I finally got tired of it and I'm done. | M | 41 | 2mg 10X day | 10/11/2012 Patient History | 3 | To quit smoking then from addiction | Dry mouth; circles around the eyes; high liver enzymes; heart irregularities; heartburn (short term) insomnia (short term) and depression (weeks/months) after quitting. | Helped me quit. I haven't smoked in the 21st century, but I've struggled to stop this stuff. There are no known problems of nicotine in the long term, but I think this is probably because no studies have been done. I think that my liver irregularities and heart problems (finished now that I've stopped) were all to do with this stupid gum. Use it to quit, but the concentrate on quitting the gum. Take a week off, tell you friends and family to help you, and be warned of depression some weeks after stopping. Start sports or similar to help. | M | 44 | 16 years 2mg 2X H | 9/30/2012 | 1 | Smoking cessation | Skin rash on face and neck, anxiety and severe irritability | M | 41 | 4 weeks 4mg 10X day | 9/27/2012 | 3 | Quit.smoking | Loss of sleep.chest pains,gas,weight gain | F | 53 | 1 months 4 | 9/7/2012 | 4 | to stop smoking cigarettes | heart palpitations | F | 60 | 5 years 2mg 10X day | 8/29/2012 | 5 | Smoking cessation | None at all | F | 61 | 22 years 7X day | 8/25/2012 | 4 | quit smoking | gunk in my throat | i want to quit nicorette but everytime i try its like quiting smoking again, this stuff is additing | M | 60 | 9 months 4 mg 7X day | 8/23/2012 | 3 | Quit smoking | severe fatigue, thinning of the hair, blurry vision, painful legs and muscles in general. | The lozenge helped me to stop smoking which was my main objective. The problem is all the nasty side effects I didn't have while smoking. I'm way more addicted to the lozenges than cigarettes. A smoke has 1mg of nicotine, these lozenges have 2-4mg. How in the worlds are we ever going to get off these things. If you want to quit smoking, do exactly that, quit smoking. | M | 46 | 5 weeks 2mg 10X day | 8/16/2012 | 4 | Quit smoking | My gums are bleeding when I brush my teeth. Blood is significant. | I used this gum in the past for an extended period of time - maybe 9 months? I didn't have bleeding gums like I do now. It's distressing, and smoking seems a better alternative. | F | 53 | 90 days 2 mg 6X day | 8/14/2012 | 5 | to quit smoking but I use Sams Club | anxiety, overreacting, depression, stress, severely addictive, I always have a piece in my mouth even when I'm sleeping. | Nicorette is too expensive so I buy Sam's Club Member's Mark nicotene gum. | M | 55 | 5 years 2 10X day | 8/13/2012 | 2 | Copenhagen | Irritability, | Can't quit | M | 35 | 3 years 8X day | 8/5/2012 | 4 | To quit smoking | I have chewed Nicorette gum for 11 yrs, I have had to have filling's replaced, after about 8 yrs I noticed I started losing hair, and then I ended up with heartburn. I decided to quit the gum, by going on a lower dose of the nicotine patches( advice I got from another post) and it has been 4 day's now without the gum, and I'm feeling good. I thought I would miss chewing it, but when I feel the need I just take a piece of regular gum. Today I even forgot to change my patch. So I know it won't take long and I will be nicotine free forever! | F | 39 | 10 years 12xD | 8/2/2012 | 5 | to stop smoking | I stop smoking but my head is starting to hurt everyday I just might go back to smoking it all seems the same | F | 40 | 4 days 4mg | 7/29/2012 | 4 | Guess | None solely attributable to Nicorette | Going to be hard to quit this stuff | M | 44 | 6 years 35 mg 3X H | 7/25/2012 | 1 | originally to quit smoking Now Free | Nicorette free for 16 months now. I broke the chains of a 6 year addiction. No more making sure I have the gum close at hand every moment; in the car, near my bed, in the office, at home, when going out. No more chewing like a chipmunk and looking silly chomping on the gum. Of course I liked the stimulation the gum provided, but now I get that by going outside, exercising, taking a deep breath and laughing. Being addicted takes away an individual's power to determine and decide, this is psychologically debilitating and demoralizing. Breaking that addiction is empowering the freedom to choose. | I am thankful every day for being free of this addiction and I now enjoy counseling others. Now when I see people chewing gum it brings back memories of how strong this addiction was. Wow the grip of Nicorette addiction is strong, yet the path to freedom is simple and straightforward. Use the patch to quit the gum. I was counseled by another member and now mentor others. YOU CAN QUIT with THE PATCH, a nutritional plan and the will to be free. | F | 54 | 0 1X day | 7/17/2012 Patient History | 3 | To stop alcohol cravings | Addicted-Bad breath & dry mouth combined with being so tired and teeth problems | Addictive-Tired all the time and aching joints esp legs. Gave up alcohol but tempted to smoke instead so these helped both cravings. Bad breath & dry mouth combined with being so tired no matter what change in diet or exercise. Will help smoking cravings but set yourself a definite date to stop chewing (say 2-3 months) or you will need more to satisfy a new intolerance and become addicted to these. Work on your emotions of why you need a 'fix' and life will get better. I did. | F | 42 | 10 months 2mg 10X day | 7/16/2012 | 5 | quit smoking | Sore throat | I smoked 1 1/2 packs of cigs a day and decided to quit last week. I have no intentions of staying on it longer then 30 days. I started with 4 mg 10x a day and got down to 4x a day in the first week. I am however putting off the gum till I am considerably uncomfortable. I also keep a cup next to me to spit in to assure I don't swallow any of the chemicals. I also started walking 5 miles a day to just keep my mind busy and I don't ever carry the gum with me so I have to wait till I get home to use it. | M | 27 | 7 days 4mg 4X day | 7/12/2012 | 2 | To quit snuff (chewing tobacco) | Noticeable hair loss. | M | 38 | 90 days 4 mg 10X day | 7/6/2012 | 5 | To quit smoking | Nasuea, occasional mouth ulcers, addiction. | M | 42 | 14 years 4mg 2X H | 7/2/2012 | 4 | To quit smoking | Have noticed hair loss, used to have thick hair and lots of it! Pins and needles in feet and legs and numbness, no energy, enamel worn from teeth, many teeth have had to be pulled out. , itchy skin! I am determined to get off this gum, these side effects are cruel. Its normal chewing gum for me and plenty of water! | F | 41 | 20 years 4MG 2X H | 6/24/2012 |