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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NICORETTE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | anxiety,depression, edging towards family, irregular heart beats, random cramps all over the body, clammy hands, extremely dry eyes, dry mouth, canker sore after 3rd day, raw cheeks, unable to swollow, mood change.high blood pressure. chest tightness, unable to breath normally. extremely bad addiction to nicorette gum. | I have been using nicorette gum for over than 6 years. it helped me to quit smoking but I got addicted to it .I feel I am poisioning myself gradually. I started to have a serious health issues. smoking would be better. I won't advise anyone to use any nicorette product or any other nicotien products. smoking is better or at least try to quit without using anything. | M | 49 | 6 days | 2/4/2009 | 2 | To quit smoking | Acne, GI distress, frequent canker sores in mouth, throat irritation, gum bleeding, ADDICTION TO NICORETTE | 21 year smoker, 2-3 packs per day. Approx 7 mos without a cig which is the only positive. Started with 4mg x 6 per day. Dropped to 2mg x 3 per day. Used death in family as an excuse to increase use. Now up to 4mg/10-12 per day. If I try the 2mg to try and cut use, takes 30-40 pieces to make the day. Canker sores on tongue/cheeks/gums every 10 days or so. Never had acne, now having acne which sounds/looks much like "Meth-Acne" where the body is forcing out toxins through the skin. Not normal pimples, almost like a boil. Painful from first appearance, forever to "pop", forever to heal (some 4weeks n not healed)...leaves scars. TINY disclaimer found on insert in nicorette pkg... "Under no circumstances should product be used for more than 16 weeks"... Nice CYA on that one.... BTW, love the add for free Nicorette 100pk on the first page of this article. Might be wrong, but I believe the same groups that own the Tobacco Market have partial ownership of | M | 39 | 7 months | 2/1/2009 | 1 | quit smoking | Many years now I have suspected nicortte gum to have many “nasty” side effects. As a dentist I have observed on my nicorette users patients, exaggeration of gingivitis leading some times the dedicated users to teeth loss. Reading this site I discover more site effects, the esophagus and stomach irritation, the addiction and many other symptoms the participants in this web site refer. I want to add one more site effect or to be more accurate I suspect it can cause acute myocardial infarction and death if it is taken by a person unaware of the severity of his cardiovascular disease. And unaware of an underlining cardiovascular disease persons, I believe (personal believe), are the majority of people in the age of 35 to 45-50 years old. This age group rarely checks even the blood pressure and many times if they see a doctor, (an offer of free check up with their med insurance), they are not taking seriously the doctors advises in general, especially if | Imagine the stress on blood vessels and the angiospasm of the vessels on an body with a non diagnosed yet cardiovascular disease. If a cardiologist, considers the possibility of my thinking being right then this medicine should be withdrawn from the selves of free use and be given ONLY by doctor’s prescription. Losing your teeth is not a life threatening factor, losing your life what factor it is? Maybe I’m devastated from the sudden death of a 45y old friend-doctor who was taking pills for his somehow high blood pressure. He was planning (after his doctors advise) to have a “stress test”, but because he was “athletic”, he did not rush to do it, (doctor patients are no different to non-doctor patients). Actually before the stress test, he decided to quit smoking first, (as strongly advised by his doctor) and 2-3 weeks before his death he started the nicortte to help him speed up the “quitting smoking process”. In his agony to stop | M | 60 | 1 days | 2/1/2009 | 1 | To quit smoking | Acne, irregular heart beat, muscle cramps, thinning hair, mood swings, ADDICTION. | I have used Nicorette off and on for 6 years. At one point, I quit entirely. I swear to God, it felt as though my tongue was having its own detox. My entire mouth ached for gum, not to mention the rest of my body. Nicorette contains elements that will damage our bodies. The side effects we are seeing are only the beginning. Highly toxic elements are being deposited into our mouths, throats and stomachs, all day, every day. Every time I put a piece in my mouth, I feel like I am consciously eating poison. I urge you to research the ingredients, find out what they are and learn what you are ingesting. I feel like a lab rat and I regret ever beginning with the gum.I quit smoking to live. Today, I quit Nicorette for the same reason. | F | 34 | 6 years | 1/24/2009 | 3 | quit chewing tobacco | Acne, stomach pain, heart irregularities, headaches, depression, lack of emotional response to emotional circumstances. | Great way to quit tobacco, but extremely difficult to quit the gum. I have become more addicted to the gum than I ever was chewing tobacco. I always chewed 2mg about 12-16 pieces a day. I would have a piece of 4 mg and it was like having a fine piece of chocolate. I would more often than not have severe headaches, nausea and stomach pains when I had more than 14 pieces. I always felt like Nicorette was more addictive than crack (not that I have any experience with crack), but I tried quitting numerous times and when I had a bad day, it was back to the gum! Good luck quitting, I'm going to try again. I just can't stand chewing this stuff anymore! I'm deathly afraid of the long term effects it will have on me. Especially since I never was a serious smoker (less than 1 year) and occasional chewer (2-3 times a week). Quit if you can! This is also ridiculously expensive and I certainly took advantage of the Nicorette Rewards Program (which sucks you in even more to chew | M | 30 | 7 years | 1/23/2009 | 5 | twiching eye. | M | 37 | 3 years | 1/22/2009 | 1 | to quit smoking | sore throat, vertigo, stomach pain | I have been chewing 20 to 30 2mg pieces a day for about 15 years. I am so addicted. I am petrified to quit. I think about it and I have tried many times but can never quit. I am afraid of the long term affects on my health such as throat cancer. | M | 50 | 15 years | 1/13/2009 | 4 | Time to stop smoking | Bloating, mood swings, more migraines, insomnia, severe pain in hips and knees - not sure if related, but started at the same time and has gotten much worse. I use about 6 pieces of the 2mg per day. | Smoking is addictive, primarily because of the nicotine, and this is addictive too. Be prepared to suffer when quitting smoking AND quitting Nicorette! I am going to use regular gum for 50%of the time from now on - after reading all of these comments. Good luck yall. | M | 55 | 1 years | 1/8/2009 | 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- 12 yrs ago | Irregular heart beat, PVC's, skin problems, deterioration of some teeth (loss of enamel & retracting gumline) | Nicorettes were effective at helping me to quit smoking 12 yrs ago and I've never smoked again since. But just weeks after quitting and starting Nicorettes, I discovered that although I wasn't inhaling tars and dangerous gases, I was just as addicted to 4mg gum as I was to cigarettes - and probably more so, since unlike smoking, I was able to chew gun anywhere, anytime. After 12+ yrs of chewing 4mg Nicorettes at the rate of 20-30 pieces a day, I recently ended up in the back of an ambulance on the way to ER with PVC's, extremely high pulse (150+), and dangerously high blood pressure. The diagnosis was TIA - mild stroke, due to my brain not getting enough oxygen; for 20+ min, I was unable to read/comprehend simple words and follow simple verbal instructions. I have NO DOUBT that the symptoms were the result of nicotine overdose, as I chewed 30+ 4mg pieces that day. Since stopping Nicorettes completely and no longer comsuming nicotine of any kind, my pulse is 65, blood pressure 119/8 | M | 55 | 12 years | 1/7/2009 | 1 | To quit smoking cigarettes | Side affects included anxiety, sometimes edgy towards my family and more recently I have developed a kind of body itch around ankles, legs, sides, arms which is leading to rashes in these areas. I have also noticed more rapid hair loss but not sure if this is genetic. | I used to smoke for a while and quit for a while off and on. In comparison to Nicorette gum quitting cigarettes is far easier than quitting the gum. I was averaging about 10-15 pieces of 2mg per day and this stuff is really hard to stop taking. I am genuinely afraid for my health taking this product. | M | 47 | 8 years | 1/7/2009 | 5 | To stop smoking | After smoking for 25 years it was finally time to call it quits. Chewed the gum to take the edge off and it worked. Going on 7 months smoke free. Gosh it's great not to weeze when I lay down!! | Love the fruit flavor. | F | 56 | 3 days | 1/5/2009 | 1 | Quit smoking cigarettes | Highly addictive. Eyes so dry, wearing contacts difficult. | F | 53 | 10 years | 1/5/2009 | 3 | to quit smoking | Acne, moods swings, hormonal changes | I stopped smoking on the 4/3/08, after many attempts I was pleased to say the nicorette 4mg lozenges were a great help and found it quite easy, after about 3 months I had cut right down to 1 a day, but then it began creeping up to 2 or 3, i was craving the lozengers so much, i would ask myself "could you smoke a cigarette now or want a lozenge" I actually didn't want a ciggie, it was def the lozenge I was so badly craving and before I knew it am on around 7-10 a day now! 5/01/09! Since August 08 I have noticed a dramatic change in my moods and my skin, I am 36 and seem to have developed acne! I never in a million years put this down to the lozenges, over the last few months i have questioned absolutley everything, is it my diet? my skin care regime? my products? I have spent so much money on skin care and hormone products, I even have appt with doctor this week about it all as my confidence is shot! I was just sitting here going over everything that it could be | F | 36 | 10 months | 1/4/2009 | 1 | Stop smoking | Headaches, sore jaw, hair loss, acne, dry skin, elevated heart rate. | I started using Nicorette because I smoked 5 or 6 cigarettes a day and wanted a small boost in my effort to quit. I only used 1 piece a day, when I felt I really needed it, but found I wanted the gum more and more. With cigarettes, the smell and feeling in my throat would deter me from smoking any more, but the gum allowed me to use more without any real reason not to. I could chew gum anytime, inside the house, at work, and in the winter when the cold would usually keep me from smoking more than once or twice a day. I am now noticing some side effects from the long term use like hair loss and bad skin. I have never had acne, but am breaking out all over, and the lesions do not heal quickly. I would not recomend this gum to anyone! I feel more addicted to this than I ever was to smoking. | F | 25 | 2.5 years | 1/2/2009 | 1 | Stop Smoking | Addiction, Hair Loss, Irritability | This site has helped significantly and confirmed what I suspected -- that I am not alone in my long-time dependence on this "smoking-cessation tool". Nicorette is HIGHLY addictive and should absolutely not be an over-the-counter medication. The manufacturers know this and should be more responsible but are making a lot of money pretending to be unaware of how many "former" smokers have simply replaced their drug with an equally dangerous one. The constant introduction of new flavors and significant advertising make it very clear that Nicorette's manufacturer knows the benefits of making this a mainstream product. In the future, I suspect Nicorette will be regulated. In the meantime, I'm going to do everything in my power to quit. | F | 42 | 7 years | 12/28/2008 | 3 | Quit Smoking | Using Nicoderm CQ for almost 3 months, having some of the same side affects as some of the gum users. Went from sleeping and craving sweets the 1st month to tired, depressed and irritable. | I would like to know if others are experiencing bad side affects from the patch. A search on Nicoderm only has 3 reviews. I have not only been tired, depressed and irritable, I am also experiencing the aching in my arms and legs like some of you and pimples. Prior to quitting and using the patch I was very happy and active. I haven't smoked since 10/1/08 which is about the only good thing. I have not had the hairloss. I used the gum a bit at first but it upset my stomach, gave me bloating and gas - glad I couldn't handle it. | F | 50 | 85 days | 12/25/2008 | 4 | Quit Smoking | Gastro intestinal pains and flatulence but I will take that over the inability to breath. Extremely addicted at first (1 piece every 20 minutes) and this adversely affected my pre-existing TMJ issue. My stomach pains from chewing over the recommended dosage is unbelievable – thought I had an ulcer. I bought a mega pack of Eclipse from CVS to chew in between Nicorette. Down to 5 pieces a day but the gastro intestinal issues painfully persist. Hope the symptoms fade after I quit using the gum – only 4 weeks left. Side effects are much less mild than the anaphylatic shock I suffered from Chantix - can't complain. | F | 34 | 8 weeks | 12/22/2008 | 1 | To stop smoking | Severe hair loss | I’ve been addicted to Nicorette Microtabs for nearly 3 years since I gave up smoking. I first discovered the gum about 7 years ago, when I found it was a great cigarette substitute during office hours and on long flights. But I didn’t like the constant jaw ache and noise from chewing and I had dodgy gums anyway. Then I discovered the Microtabs which you put under your tongue. They’re very discreet and you get your nicotine fix with none of the harmful smoke. I stopped the cigs altogether and thought the Microtabs were fantastic. I knew I’d become addicted but couldn’t find any evidence that long-term nicotine use was harmful. So I carried on, trying to cut down but constantly yo-yoing in my consumption. At times I’ve managed to get it down to about 4 tabs a day (they are 2mg each) but when I start getting stressed, I find I’m taking over 20 a day. I still thought there was nothing too harmful about the nicotine but 3 months ago my hai | F | 52 | 7 years | 12/18/2008 | 1 | stop smoking | hair thinning. major hair loss. | first tried the gum 2years ago to stop smoking but when I stopped the gum and started smoking again I became a bigger smoker. After some time of abusive smoking I used the gum again and was able not to smoke for some time. 6 months ago I started to loose ALOT of hair and was wondering why. I didnt know if cigarettes or the gum was causing this. I supposed it was cigarettes so I stayed on the gum. Reading this confort me to think that my hair loss may be linked to the gum and I think it's time to stop it. I can count loosing more than a 100hairs a day, long hairs and new short hairs and also new hair doesnt seem to grow back and if it does they are very thin. My scalp is very greasy and the smell 8h after washing is very bad. People always told me I had so much hair I would never go bald, but now I'm not balding as in male pattern baldness; I'm just shedding alot of hair everywhere, at 27! I'm quitting this medicine right now and hope to reverse this situation.. | M | 27 | 2 years | 12/18/2008 |