Chantix is a relatively new drug. It doesn’t contain nicotine. It works to
block the nicotine receptors in the brain and blocks the pleasure that
nicotine releases in the brain.
If you would like to take Chantix along with the Nicotine Solutions
program, you would only take it one week before you are ready to stop
smoking or chewing and continue to take it for 12 weeks later.
If you take it throughout the whole program, then you will mask the
behaviours that you are trying to work on in Nicotine Solutions.
Smoking or chewing is a multifaceted addiction. You need to detoxify from
the nicotine slowly so your body can adjust. You also need to learn how
to deal with stress, deal with emotions, and change your routines,
behaviours and attitude.
You would also want to apply the easy weight control techniques so you
will not gain weight from quitting smoking or chewing. People that quit
cold turkey by using just Chantix usually gain weight because it doesn’t
give the body time to adjust to the new metabolic rate.
Nicotine Solutions also teaches “completion techniques” and “how to
reward yourself in a different way.” It takes 21 days to make or break a
behavior. To get the best results work on changing your behaviors while
you are still smoking so your new habits will become permanent.
You would NOT want to take the drugs throughout the whole class
because the things you are trying to work on would be masked.
You want to get in there and MESS with your habit and if you are taking
Chantix throughout the entire 8 week class, it will get in the way of
changing your habit permanently.
Let us know if you want to take Chantix while you are going through
Nicotine Solutions. 30% of the people that try Chantix get nauseated.
There are many smoking cessation aids that are out on the market like
the nicotine patch, nicotine gum, Commit Lozenges, nicotine nasal spray, Zyban, and Wellbutrin.
At least Chantix doesn’t replace nicotine with nicotine, a concept that I will never understand.
Quitting Smoking or chewing has many facets to it and it does take more
than a pill to be able to quit comfortably, but if you take Chantix in
conjunction with a great behavioral program like Nicotine Solutions.
It takes more than a pill to stop smoking!
