Quitting cold turkey or with help?
If you’ve ever tried to quit smoking without any assistance – ‘cold turkey’ – you may have found that the sudden change in how you were feeling was too much to take, and maybe it was just too hard to get used to your body without the nicotine. A lot of people give up quitting smoking in their first week of trying, this can be because the withdrawal symptoms are worst at this time. So getting some help with specific medicines designed to help control the cravings could be a good option for you.
According to some experts, using medicines such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) can double your chances of quitting long term. The best place to start should be your GP as they will be able to advice or prescribe specific treatments for you to try. NRT won’t completely take away your urge to smoke, especially because, as explained in recent posts, half the difficulty is the daily habit of smoking and not just the drug contained in a cigarette. However NRT may be able to get you over the first hurdle and away from the initial strong withdrawal symptoms and give you a better fighting chance of staying off cigarettes.
The main types of NRT are lozenges, gum and nicotine patches, which are available without prescription over the counter in a pharmacy. I know someone that had an allergic reaction to the patches after a couple of weeks of using them – the area where it was stuck on her skin came out in an itchy red rash, however because this was after a couple of weeks she had got over the worst period of withdrawal and was ok after that. Other options include a nasal spray and an inhaler, but you need a prescription from your GP to get these, and they may want you to try the over the counter items first.
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