NicoDerm CQ | If you're going to quit, this is a good tool

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NicoDerm CQ

	NicoDerm CQ Nicoderm Nicoderm average customer review:based on 20 reviews
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highly recommended

If you're going to quit, this is a good tool

I smoked, 14 years, about a pack every two days, sometimes more, and I started with this, the lower-dose program. It really helps. Using the patch separates two aspects of quitting, the physical addiction, and the habit/lifestyle of smoking. I highly recommend this route--by the time you step down the nicotine level, you're completely used to not smoking--not going out for smokes at work, after meals, at bars....
I had very close support (supervision) which was also really helpful. Had I been alone, especially at the crucial points--day one, two and three, and all the step-downs in dose--I would have smoked.
I did smoke once at about week seven, total waste, increased my cravings for a few days. Other than that, I've been smoke free for 12 weeks. Feel great, can taste and smell, get a ton of work done....I still miss it, still think about smoking, wish I could smoke one or two when out, maybe in a few years....
I did not keep the patch on overnight, did once by mistake, caused nicotine OD, felt horrible for a day.
Based on some info from friends, you have to buy the name brand here, not the generic. The important part of the patch is the delivery system and adhesive, and the generics don't measure up (I use all generics unless there's a good reason not to).
Find good reasons to quit (health, social limitations, long flights, expense) and use the patch to supplement your own will power. Got to quit sooner or later, might as well spend the dollars and do the patch and quit now, before it's (seriously) too late.
P.S. The patch can cause a bruise, like a vaccination, try different areas til you find one that doesn't get irritated.

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ONCE YOU DECIDE TO QUIT WHICH IS THE KEY "YOU HAVE TO WANT TO QUIT" THEN DON'T HESITATE TO PUT ON A PATCH. I SMOKED FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND TRIED UNSUCCESFULLY ON MANY OCCASIONS TO QUIT WITH NO SUCCESS. I REALLY WASN'T READY TO QUIT WHICH IS WHY I FAILED. THIS TIME I MENTALLY PREPARED FOR WEEKS AND CUT DOWN MY DAILY SMOKES UNTIL I KNEW I WAS READY. I WAS DOWN TO MAYBE HALF A PACK WHEN I STARTED WITH THE #2 AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE PATCH TOOK AWAY ANY DESIRE TO SMOKE. GRANTED THERE ARE TIMES THAT I GET THE MENTAL URGE TO SMOKE EVEN NOW BUT I LEARNED THAT IF YOU IGNORE IT WITHIN 5 MINUTES IT'S GONE. I AM JUST SO HAPPY TO HAVE FINALLY GIVEN UP THIS TERRIBLE HABIT. BEST OF LUCK

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Great Item!

Works great if you have the will power to stop. These are not magic patches where you never get a craving to smoke again for the rest of your life. But they do work very well as they help stop the cravings. You will still get cravings every once in a while, so you have to have the will to really quit. If you don't REALLY want to quit, no product is going to help you, so don't waste your money until you're 100% ready to stop smoking!

6 Months - Smoke Free!...Woo-Hoo!

If you are here and thinking about Step 3 of the "NicoDerm CQ Stop Smoking Aid, 7 mg, Clear Patch, 2 Week Kit 14 patches", it probably means you have successfully completed Step 2, and maybe even both Step 1 and 2. If you are just thinking about quitting and haven't started yet, please see my review of Step 1(those smoking closer to pack a day or more) or Step 2 (1/2 a pack a day or less). Step 3 is not a starting place, but more of a weaning off the patch place.

Okay so here I am and I just past the 6 month mark of no cigarettes after 40 years of being addicted. I don't have to tell you how the patch works, as you have already been on at least step 2. I finished up this patch program in October, so I've been 4 month without the patch, and I'm doing fine. I will not tell you that you will not get cravings, or just feel like it is time for a smoke, but they are no where as bad, and much easier to get through then before.

What I want to say about this step 3 patch, is that it was hard to go from step 2 to step 3 and it was even harder to wake up one day, knowing that would be the day, I'd have no patch at all. But if you got this far, go for it.And of course, you already know that the patch will give you the physical needs, but you have to keep denying those mental cravings. Imagine, going to the movies, without worrying about how long it is and will you make it through, or not having to go out into
the cold or rain for a smoke, etc. etc....

Anyway, I never thought I would quit. I never even really had intentions of quitting(even knowing what the consequences might be). Guess it just dawned on me one day, that the cigarettes had more control over my life, then my own mind did.

So why I am going 4 stars, if it worked so good? A couple of reasons. If you have read my reviews on the first two steps, you may remember that I said that no matter which brand I used I had to secure the patch with medical tape. They just don't stick the full 24 hours like they should(the package said they would even stay on in the shower). And these are just too expensive to lose. I also mentioned, the tendency is to gain some weight. You have to really be careful about that. One nice thing is though, that you will have more lung capacity to work out longer and burn those calories!

So Don't Stop Now! You CAN do it. Go For Step 3
Oh and by the way, the Rite Aid(look for it near the pharmacy dept at your local store) brand costs less and works the same. I also seem to recall that they came in packs of 7 patches, as well as the 14 so you could just buy enough for one more week if necessary.

Laurie...a little heavier(I'm working on that part)...but..alot healthier!

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Keep the Cold Turkey in the Freezer

I've tried to quit countless times in the past, each time convincing myself I could do it without any help. Countless times I was wrong.

About a month ago I decided it was time to quit for good and chose "the patch" as the method I would use. So far so good.

What people need to realize is dependance on smoking consists of two things: addiction and habit.

Everyone talks about the addiction. Your body grows dependent on nicotine, which causes a great deal of the pain and suffering you go through when you attempt to quit. People seem less concerned about the habit your body develops when it comes to the actual act of smoking.

I smoked for 10 years and smoked approximately a pack a day. That means my body became used to me going through the motions of smoking 20 times a day. Thinking about it even further, that's 70 times a week, 7,300 times a YEAR. So I went from going through the act of smoking over 70,000 times in a ten year span to zero. Your body is going to try and reject that. Couple that with your nicotine withdrawal and your body is at war with your willpower.

The patch won't make you go "Hey, I don't need cigarettes ever again!" Your body will most likely still want them. The difference will be that your nicotine withdrawal will take a lot less of a toll on your body. The Nicoderm Step 1 patches are to be used for six weeks for someone who smokes a pack or more a day. Part of this is to control the nicotine addiction, but a larger part of it is to help divert your will to quit smoking towards making sure you stop yourself from the actual act of smoking. You have to break the habit before you can break the addiction.

The ONLY issue I have with these patches is the marks it leaves on the skin. They're reminiscent of the outline a bandage leaves when it has been on your skin for an extended period of time. This can be remedied with an astringent and a cotton ball, so it's not horrendous.

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