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Smokers are such a confused lot. Sometimes quitting
smoking is a life time process. You as a smoke addict, is so eager to
give up smoking, that you adopt all and sundry methods to quit smoking.
Whether you get the results or not, is another thing. But you have the
satisfaction of trying the latest methods to stop smoking, without
actually being able to do so.
Where lie the fault- in the method or in you? The moving finger points towards you.
As far as the
awareness campaigns are concerned, they are perfect. Everybody is aware
about it in theory, with very few to follow it in practice. Nicotine
addiction is ever on the rise. In USA alone every year 400,000 people
die due to smoking. That is, 20% of the deaths in USA are due to smoking
related diseases.
There is nothing like giving
up smoking by giving it up! But the question is how long you can sustain
your will power. People find it very difficult to quit smoking. When
your resistance collapses, you start it with double vigor. You get
anti-smoking pills and other over the counter medications. The principle
involved in all such types of medications is that you are provided with
small doses of nicotine to get rid the urge to smoking. The process is
effective for the time being as it does not liberate you finally from
the nicotine grip.
Zyban is
one such stop-smoking aid. Its results, when compared to other
medications, are better. Bupropion in Zyban does the job of an
antidepressant. This along with its other ingredients boosts the level
of many chemical messengers in the brain. The result of effectiveness of
these medicines is less demand for nicotine. Your urge to smoking is
reduced and weakened.
The style of function of Zyban is not like
laser which gives instant results. Its criteria are “slow and steady
wins the race.” The treatment is started when you are actually in the
thick of smoking. You begin to show the withdrawal symptoms within 2
weeks from the day of smoking. The course could continue up to 3 months,
depending upon your requirements.
Zyban tablets
are never chewed. They are taken in full. Never crush them or make two
pieces. If you do that, the chances of side effects are real. Don't use
your idea while on course of this drug. Go by what your doctor says. If
you miss a dose, don't plan to take two doses, the next day. You may
suffer seizures. If you are using any nicotine products along with
Zyban, remain a non-smoker.
An interesting observation about
zyban is that it was not researched and produced as an anti-smoking
drug. It treated depression as well. People on this drug, began to smoke
less. It thus, came in to the arena of stop smoking products.
Anyway
this ban of the Zyban on smokers like you is most welcome!
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