Nicotine Patches

Big Jimmy · Post by **Big Jimmy** » January 25, 2008 10:28 pm

Has anyone had any luck with these. Due to a surgery I had today, I probably wont be able to smoke for a few days. So me needing nicotine so I can function correctly, went out and got some of those NicoDermCQ patches.

Worked for a while. Its going on almost 8 hours now, and im starting to get a nicotine fit.

Is this common??

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » January 25, 2008 10:38 pm

I am lucky I never started smoking..
Phin power for the nic fits..

Big Jimmy · Post by **Big Jimmy** » January 25, 2008 10:43 pm

ragtopW wrote:I am lucky I never started smoking..
Phin power for the nic fits..

Probably just end up popping a few Vicodin's in a lil while after I finish eating dinner. Least that will knock me out so I wont worry about smoking.

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » January 25, 2008 10:55 pm

I've never used them but Don has - he said it depends on your dosage however it's not uncommon for cravings to hit

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » January 25, 2008 10:55 pm

ragtopW wrote:I am lucky I never started smoking..
Phin power for the nic fits..

not even when drunk

Big Jimmy · Post by **Big Jimmy** » January 25, 2008 11:01 pm

Just a little FYI

I am not attempting to quit.

I will not give in to our government with all the strict rules they are passing on to us smokers.

Y-NO-9-O · Post by **Y-NO-9-O** » January 26, 2008 10:26 am

I used the patch when I quit smoking 7 years ago. The hardest part about it is keeping them lit. j/k
Seriously, when I quit I used Wellbutrin and the patch. The physiology is this: nicotine restricts the blood vessels, the carbon monoxide in the cigarette smoke reduces the blood's ability to move oxygen to the brain/heart at the same time restricting the vessels even more. So smoking while on the patch can have fatal side effects. So I only used the patch as a deterrent (or so I thought). One day a couple weeks into my process I forgot the patch. No biggie, but my brain was screaming "Now we can have a smoke, come on, just one!!!!" I wore the patch for another 6 weeks or so and, as I said before, I have not had a cigarette in 7 years (1/14/01).
Bottom line: if you do the patch, don't smoke. And just because you have removed the patch, the transdermal effects do not stop immediately.
FYI... I didn't give in to the government, I gave in to my health.

p.s. Pass the Vicodin!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » January 26, 2008 1:26 pm

I think they'd help ya. You need something for the oral fixation though.

Try mass quantities of tic tacs, gum, or sunflower seeds and you'll be fine.

Longboardn' ASEL&S · Post by **Longboardn' ASEL&S** » January 26, 2008 2:21 pm

Hey Jimmy,

Did you make it these first 24 hours?

If so, good for you!

If not, any ill effects?

Big Jimmy · Post by **Big Jimmy** » January 26, 2008 2:35 pm

Longboardn' ASEL&S wrote:Hey Jimmy,

Did you make it these first 24 hours?

If so, good for you!

If not, any ill effects?

Im ready to kill someone. I think I should be able to smoke in a lil while.

The longest i have gone in the past 16 years was about 2 weeks, and that was 15 years ago. Besides that I think the longest was 5 days, and only reason why i was in the hospital but I had the morphine drip going so I didn't know nothing

Longboardn' ASEL&S · Post by **Longboardn' ASEL&S** » January 26, 2008 2:41 pm

Big Jimmy wrote:

Im ready to kill someone. I think I should be able to smoke in a lil while.

Did you end up using the nicotine patch?

Big Jimmy · Post by **Big Jimmy** » January 26, 2008 2:51 pm

Longboardn' ASEL&S wrote:
Big Jimmy wrote:

Im ready to kill someone. I think I should be able to smoke in a lil while.

Did you end up using the nicotine patch?

Yeah just took it off a lil while ago. Gonna go outside and lite up real soon,

Conolulu · Post by **Conolulu** » January 26, 2008 3:01 pm

buffettbride wrote:I think they'd help ya. You need something for the oral fixation though. Try mass quantities of tic tacs, gum, or sunflower seeds and you'll be fine.

I chewed on Straws....

It helped with the hand to mouth thingy.....

But started back the year 4 hurricanes hit the island....and did I go out and buy a pack???

Nah.

A carton.

Immediately.

Good Luck with the next few days....

Longboardn' ASEL&S · Post by **Longboardn' ASEL&S** » January 26, 2008 3:09 pm

Big Jimmy wrote:
Yeah just took it off a lil while ago. Gonna go outside and lite up real soon,

Don't know if yesterday's procedure had anything to do with not creating a suction in your mouth or not, but if so:

Forget Connie's straw idea, and if you MUST smoke, try breathing the stuff in rather than "traditional" smoking technique.

It could make a big difference-if it was oral surgery.

surfpirate · Post by **surfpirate** » January 26, 2008 3:15 pm

Did you check with your doctor re: the patch? The restriction of blood vessels and increase in blood pressure associated with smoking also occurs when using the patch, so whatever the reason for not smoking after surgery likely would also apply to putting nicotine in your system via a patch.

By the way, wearing that patch overnight while you sleep has some interesting side effects in the form of intensified dreams in some people .... very cool (read the fine print).

~~~~ surfpirate

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » January 27, 2008 12:23 am

surfpirate wrote: By the way, wearing that patch overnight while you sleep has some interesting side effects in the form of intensified dreams in some people .... very cool (read the fine print).

my dreams were obnoxious if i forgot to take it off before bed. eegads some strange sh*t.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » January 27, 2008 9:03 pm

ph4ever wrote:
ragtopW wrote:I am lucky I never started smoking..
Phin power for the nic fits..
not even when drunk

Well nobodys perfect..

parrothead3282 · Post by **parrothead3282** » January 27, 2008 9:15 pm

I have never liked the patches. I am unable to smoke for awhile everyday due to new rules at work

so I use the lozenges they help with the nic fits and the oral fixation. I am also not trying to quit just make it thru a shift without killing someone