| Going cold turkey or relying on | | | | provides. |
| willpower to quit smoking most often | | | | Like the nicotine patch, the nicotine |
| ends in failure. However, there are | | | | gum works on the same idea. It can be |
| medical aids that may make the task a | | | | quite effective as it can replicate the |
| little more bearable, with the most | | | | nicotine spikes in your bloodstream |
| popular ones being those that supply and | | | | without you having to smoke cigarettes. |
| regulate nicotine in the bloodstream. | | | | You generally hold the nicotine gum in |
| The nicotine patch is one of the more | | | | your mouth without chewing, and only |
| popular medical aids for quitting | | | | chew a couple of times when you desire a |
| smoking. This nicotine patch is placed | | | | hit of nicotine. |
| on your skin, which then releases a slow | | | | Another aid, Zyban, is also a very |
| and steady stream of nicotine into the | | | | effective aid in your battle to quit |
| bloodstream. Instead of cutting out | | | | smoking. It does not work by supplying |
| nicotine instantly from your system, the | | | | nicotine to the bloodstream, but works |
| patch supposedly helps your body adjust | | | | by altering the brain chemistry to |
| slowly to not having spikes in the | | | | reduce the desire for smoking. Zyban is |
| nicotine level and wean your body | | | | usually taken a few weeks before you |
| gradually off nicotine. As your body | | | | plan to stop smoking as it takes time |
| adjusts to lower levels of nicotine, the | | | | for any effect to take place. |
| dosage of the patch can be further | | | | Zyban is a prescription drug, so you |
| reduced, until eventually the nicotine | | | | need to consult with a doctor to be |
| level is almost minimal and your body is | | | | prescribed Zyban. It cannot be taken in |
| finally nicotine free. | | | | combination with other drugs, and may |
| The patch is also a very strong | | | | have some side effects such as |
| deterrent against smoking, because if | | | | dizziness, insomnia, dry mouth or even |
| you smoke while on the patch, you could | | | | seizures. |
| suffer from a potentially lethal | | | | To quit smoking takes serious effort, |
| nicotine overdose. However, one common | | | | but too many smokers try to quit by |
| problem with the nicotine patch is that | | | | relying on sheer willpower, which is |
| because the patch supplies a steady | | | | extremely hard to do. By using these |
| amount of nicotine into your | | | | aids such as the nicotine patch and |
| bloodstream, there is no spike or hit, | | | | Zyban, you are making it easier for your |
| so that some smokers still crave | | | | body to quit smoking and thus improving |
| cigarettes for the hit that cigarette | | | | your chances of success. |