so they had this 'stop smoking' table set up in a shopping centre today. DH stops by. He has tried the patch THREE times - starting at 21mg. Full course. It did FA. He still craved fags like no one's biz and even smoked on the patch.
Gum, lozenges, inhalators. NO effect.
He's gotten rid of most of his 'triggers' b/c he has to go outside - out of the flat, two floors down, no covered area. If he's home alone w/the girls, he has to dress them up and take them w/you.
What he's left with is an intense physical additction. He's smoked rolling baccy for 11 years.
I thought, Zyban might work for him.
This drug is commonly used in the US - where lawsuits abound! - in conjunction w/the patch for smoking cessation.
With good results.
But we go today, and the chap tells us Zyban is an 'anti psychotic' - eh? I was told by a neurosurgeon that it was originally designed as an anti-depressant - and that the NHS will only give it to someone who has a 'medical' reason they need to quit b/c it 'can cause a heart attack'. Um, last I checked, smoking is major cause of coronary artery disease!
WTF?
He said, 'Can you go to group therapy?' Although, he started chuckling, admitted he was wearing a patch, and that all the groups he went to did nothing but made him want to smoke b/c all they talked about was smoking ciggies. He said, 'Yeah, I come away from them, take off hte patch, and smoke.'
Has anyone on here actually gotten to try Zyban w/o having nearly died?
I mean, wouldn't it make sense to try a case like him on Zyban rather than have a person like him wind up w/hypertension or diabetes II (both of which his parents, non-smokers, already have)?