Posted by saint james on October 9, 1999, at 4:17:44
In reply to Re: quit smoking with Naltrexone?, posted by JohnL on October 8, 1999, at 18:32:22
Maybe Naltrexone might work, but not likely with me. Wellbutrin with a nic patch or Wellbutrin with nic gum, throw in some Nortriptyline for great sleep...could even add in the Naltrex. Heck, the whole combo isn't deadly like cigs are!
James here...
personally I think any AD will help you stop smoking, Wellby is just the one that was studied.
So it you are allready on an AD, up the dose a bit. The patches work great, the gum is awful, I like the patches because you wake up with no cravings. You don't have to do anything, like chew the gum. You need to come up with a behavior
to replace the action of smoking.. for me smoking is a "break" so I took a walk to the mesa or walked around the school building. Or smoked something else! For me the patch totally took care of the nicotine craving, but the psychologicaly ingrained behavior (the act of smoking) was harder to beat, and caught me by suprize. If you can go 2 weeks w/o smoking most are over the big hump.j
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