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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 (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 | 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 | 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 | To quit smoking | Increased heart beat, short term burst of energy, but overall an increase in tiredness. Lack of motivation to do day-to-day stuff, heavy feeling. | For those of you getting hiccups, you are not supposed to swallow it too much. Chew a bit, keep it in your mouth for sometime. Repeat. Whatever nicotine you are swallowing is actually messing with your stomach. | M | 29 | 1 years | 3/29/2006 | 4 | Stop Smoking | Late night headache centered between the eyes. Gum gets caught in my teeth if it stays there too long it causes a headache (I think.) I'm addicted to the gum now, but I can run much faster since my lungs feel better. It's not more expensive than smoking in NYC with our high taxes! | I have been trying to stop with the gum but I'm concerned about weight gain-- I also get a horrible headache if I don't chew it... What to do? I have switch from 4mg to 2mg .. | F | 26 | 3 years | 3/20/2006 | 4 | quit smooking | I am getting tingling of my head a a ringing in my ears. Sometimes dizziness | has enyones else expreienced these symptoms? If yes or have any Ideas to help me pleas let me know | M | 52 | 3.5 months | 3/14/2006 | 3 | Quit Smoking | I have become addicted to the gum - chew approximately 15 2 mg. pieces daily | F | 35 | 2 years | 2/13/2006 | 4 | to quit smoking | dizziness, headaches, irratability, nervousness, hiccups. | Addicted to approx 20 pieces /day of the 2mg gum for 5 years. Have tried using candy or other gum as a replacement but its too much sugar (even the sugarless is too sugarary. Wish Nicorette would come up with a 1 or 0 mg option. | M | 38 | 5 years | 1/24/2006 | 2 | stop smoking | Hiccupping when chewing the gum | M | 53 | 2 days | 1/16/2006 |