Prescription for Barack to Quit Smoking
I am a smoker. Now I don’t feel so bad. Barack’s advice is good regarding the difficulties of stopping old habits and associations from triggering the urge to smoke, etc. I am going to try to try a new drug that is said to make it so pretty soon smokes just aren’t that enjoyable anymore. I learned about Chantix from my Doc. The website for Chantix is http://www.chantix.com/. I was told it was maybe $120/30 days but also that it was equivalent to the cost of smoking. That cost is too variable so forget that. We’ll see. I’ll post if and when I try it.
A drug for quitting smoking.
Monday, October 13, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Re: Quitting smoking.
As an R.N., I congratulate you on your resolve to stop smoking. As an ex-smoker myself, I still congratulate you…I smoked for twenty years, only stopping as I was approaching my 40’s (I was 37). I smoked even though I took care of patients unable to wean off ventilators (denial is a wonderful protective mechanism!). I could tell you plenty of horror stories about the evils of smoking. When I stopped, there was no Chantix. And if I remember correctly, Wellbutrin wasn’t being used ten years ago, either. I used the nicotine patches and it did help with the drug withdrawal aspect of it.
Good luck on your mission to stop smoking. The world is a much better place with you in it and I know your family would agree. Let me know how it is going.
Nice blog, BTW. I haven’t read many of them but will make an honest effort at visiting yours.
Cindy
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 1:25 am
Congratulations on quitting! I remember during my gross anatomy class at chiropractic college. I had my hand on some pretty diseased lungs. That was a privilege to be allowed to do – gross. My team’s cadaver was an old lady. I asked the prof one day to help me find the gallbladder. All I coulod fing was this weird looking “stump” Yep, you guessed it, she had had it removed years before her death. Okay, your turn.