Posted on 01/26/2007 10:04:33 AM PST by The Raven
Hot Dog!! Maybe I can get a two-fer when they do my lobotomy!! I mean they're going to be right there. A little snip and I can quit smoking painlessly!! I love modern medicine.
Probably easier just to take some Chantix.
So after the brain surgery does one just forget to light up, or forget what the white stick thingy is for, or what?
Wait until we have HillaryCare, smokers will be rounded up for the procedure!
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me...
>>Chantix.
Worked for me!!! Miracle drug
"Worked for me!!! Miracle drug"
Dittos.
Does that stuff work? I have a script for it, but haven't yet filled it. I tried Wellbutren before, and it was ineffective.
Absolutely........pick a quit date and go for it.
I quit Thanksgiving and haven't even thought of a cig since then.
"In studies, the most common side effects for people who took CHANTIX were nausea, changes in dreaming, constipation, gas and/or vomiting." (Pfizer website)
To stop smoking is always commendable but I imagine while heaving the urge to smoke does go away.
Chantix is the shiz-nit. The guy who told me about it had smoked for over 30 years and could never quit untill he got Chantix. We went on a long trip together and I was smoking in the car and he never even hinted at lighting up.
Since then, about 5 people at my work have quit smoking by taking Chantix.
Pfizer needs to send me a check for this non-celebrity endorsement. :)
How long did you smoke, while taking the drug, before you quit. The website for the drug recommended 7 days.
LOL!
~guffaw!~ Little do they know about Insula's big sister, Ursula, next to the cerebellar pontine angle...
No telling what Ursula will do when Insula is rendered helpless...
"nausea, changes in dreaming, constipation, gas and/or vomiting."
I don't know anyone who has experienced those side effects. You should take Chantix with a meal. I didn't once and it did give me a stomach ache for about 5-10 minutes. But Tylenol does that to me as well if I take it on an empty stomach.
Chantix is the real deal.
" smokers who suffered damage to this part of the brain were able to quit quickly and easily. "
You have to be brain damaged to quit smoking?
So, you need brain damage to quit smoking easily? Hmm. Let me know when they find the will power "platform" or "insula" or whatchamacallit.
I quit some years ago, it wasn't so hard after about a week of needing to distract myself in various ways---and staying away from the places where I had smoked. After that I rarely even thought of it. Most days I don't even think of cigarettes in any way. And yet, when I do, I remember how enjoyable it was and wish I could partake, but it isn't a physical craving in any sense.
If you want to quit, you don't need brain damage. A brain will do.
If you don't...that's ok too! :)
I quit on the 7th day and haven't looked back. Pfizer invented a new molecule which interferes with the nicotine receptors. For me - it was as if I never smoked. There were no withdrawels.
Before that I had tried everything on the plnaet and failed (patch, inhaler, cold turkey, etc)
Did you gain any weight after you quit smoking?
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