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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 121823" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p>Trinity: McWeedy tried Chantix. It's expensive (100$/month, for at least four months). As my doctor described it, it's like methadone for nicotine - it blocks nicotine from working in the brain, so a smoker doesn't get the psycho-physical effects from smoking.</p><p></p><p>But.....</p><p></p><p>It's generally not for younger kids, as I recall. Most insurance plans won't pay for it. There have been a few recent health concerns with the drug. But foremost, like anything else it only works for those who truly want to quit. For McW, smoking was as much about having the butt in his fingers when out with his friends as it was about the actual smoking. Ditching the social and psychological aspect of smoking is extremely hard; if you don't <strong>want</strong> to stop, you could use Chantix to disengage the effects on the brain, but it wouldn't help with the psychological craving to light up in situations where you normally smoked.</p><p></p><p>That's why Chantix didn't work for McW. But, then again, for those that DO want to quit, stopping the physiological addiction is the first - and last - step, and Chantix is certainly a good tool for that.</p><p></p><p>My experience, for what it's worth.</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 121823, member: 3579"] Trinity: McWeedy tried Chantix. It's expensive (100$/month, for at least four months). As my doctor described it, it's like methadone for nicotine - it blocks nicotine from working in the brain, so a smoker doesn't get the psycho-physical effects from smoking. But..... It's generally not for younger kids, as I recall. Most insurance plans won't pay for it. There have been a few recent health concerns with the drug. But foremost, like anything else it only works for those who truly want to quit. For McW, smoking was as much about having the butt in his fingers when out with his friends as it was about the actual smoking. Ditching the social and psychological aspect of smoking is extremely hard; if you don't [B]want[/B] to stop, you could use Chantix to disengage the effects on the brain, but it wouldn't help with the psychological craving to light up in situations where you normally smoked. That's why Chantix didn't work for McW. But, then again, for those that DO want to quit, stopping the physiological addiction is the first - and last - step, and Chantix is certainly a good tool for that. My experience, for what it's worth. Mikey [/QUOTE]
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