Has Anyone Else tried Chantix?

[Weedhound]

I'm using this stuff to quit smoking cigarettes and am completely blown away (no pun intended) by how well it works. I've smoked for 25 years, several packs a day, and really am amazed by this stuff. Has anyone else used it to quit smoking (tobacco) wiith and how did it work for you?

Weedhound Reviewed by Weedhound on 06-29-2007. Has Anyone Else tried Chantix? I'm using this stuff to quit smoking cigarettes and am completely blown away (no pun intended) by how well it works. I've smoked for 25 years, several packs a day, and really am amazed by this stuff. Has anyone else used it to quit smoking (tobacco) wiith and how did it work for you? Rating: 5

[birdgirl73]

I've never even heard of it. What is it?

[Weedhound]

I hadn't either....my doc mentioned it to me. Its a tablet to help you quit smoking...so far it's worked great for me. Made by pfizer. Supposed to attach to the nicotine recepters and reduce the cravings and I'm surprised that it really seems to do this pretty well.

[krystaaaa x 420]

I need to get me that... you can just buy it at the drug store? Or does it have to be prescribed to you

[Weedhound]

It has to be prescribed but if you want to quit smoking I've tried then all....gum, patches, etc....this REALLY helps..I recommend it HIGHLY :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

Here's the link for anyone who is interested....I'm extremely hard to impress but am very impressed by this medication (so far....knock on wood.....)
Chantix

[fatsackville]

i 2nd that : )

i started taking it last october and quit late november, i had been a smoker for like 15 years, i also tried everything , gum, patches, herbal cigs, the other pill (zyban)
none worked

BUT CHANTIX KICKS A$$

i used to roll my own cigs i found roll your own cigarettes not only cheaper but cleaner (less additives)

so after a month or so of the chantix i started noticing things

every nite i used to roll a joint and a cigarette right before dinner.
that way i would have them for right after : )
then i wouldi ---- eat --- smoke the joint ---- smoke the cigarette
in that order /\ every nite

but after the chantix i would eat --- smoke the joint --- and forget about the cigarette

for like 5 nites in a row i would sit there and an hour later notice i hadnt even smoked the cigarette : ) forgot all about it : )

thats when i just QUIT because by that time it was easy


ONE THING I ALMOST FORGOT

eat with them!
if i took a chantix on an empty stomach i would get WAY sick but as long as i had some food in me even 2 slices of toast i would be OK

[Weedhound]

So you took it for about a month before you quit? I've been on it about 3 weeks and have some days when I don't smoke (which is very amazing in itself frankly) but have a few days when I really want one. What made you decide to start taking it?

[fatsackville]

yeah probably 5 weeks total.

once you get to the point of going a full day without one your probably ready (or almost) to just take the leap and quit.

on those days where you go all day with out, is it easy yet or are you still fighting it to not smoke?
if its pretty easy then you are ready if its still kind of hard give it another week or 2.


also one other thing that helped me
i got some shwag/mex/dirtweed whatever you want to call it (the cheap stuff)

i would take it and roll it up into pinners with thick cigarette papers like top's
then i would smoke the crappy thick paper joints when ever i wanted a cigarette like after eating : )
and if i hit it not like a joint but like i would hit a cigarette it kind of tricked my mind into thinking i had just smoked a cigarette

[Weedhound]

So the longer you take it the easier it gets? I'm still fighting some parts of the day. I have gone several days without a cig (amazing...a miracle imo) but it is a fight part of the time.....and gets tiring.

I do try that...taking a hit of ganja instead and it does help I think....the act of inhaling blah blah when you really want to hit that ciggie. And it relaxes me too.

Thanks for your advice. How long have you not smoked now and how long did you take the meds for?