If someone unknowingly took Chantix would they have success at quiting smoking?!
Question: If someone unknowingly took Chantix would they have success at quiting smoking!?
I just started a smoking cessation program and am taking Chantix!. One of the guys in the class, said he was going to unknowingly give it to his wife since she will not willingly take it!. He believes it will remove her niccotine addiction!. I never heard of anything like that and wondered if there were any medical folks out there that would have an opinion!. Would he be successful at getting her to cut back on smoking!? Isn't this illegal!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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My husband took chantix for a while!. It totally kills the craving of nicotine (made it taste really bad he said) but for him, and like most cigarette smokers out there, the addiction is physically needing the cigarette there!. If your friends wife really wants to quit, try this, it helped with my husband!.
Have her time herself the time in between cigs (basically get on a timed schedual!. Smoke every X amount with the exeption of a few things, like first waking up and such)!. After about a week, add onto that time by a few minutes (don't reach too high, 10 minutes should be good) and stick to that for a week, and then do it again!. If it starts to get harder (or really high on the time inbetween cigs), then add by lesser amounts (like 5 minutes instead of 10)!. Basically break it down until she smokes when she wakes, and maybe after she eats (or whatever other times tends to be harder for her to give it up at)!. Then, the hardest part of all, totally stopping that!.
The BEST way to give up the physical addiction too, for when the times are hard, is to use SUCKERS!. Seriously, have your friend buy your wife a back of suckers, whatever kind she likes, and tell her to use a sucker instead of the cigs!. The shape and weight are similar, plus you have to suck in too to get what you want!. Trust me, it will really help things!.
Also with chantix, it is not suppose to really help you quit unless you help it!. My husband took it for months and said he could have slowed down but didn't (felt too yucky from it)!. Really, if you take chantix, you could keep on smoking normally, like I said before, all it really does is just make it taste bad!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Have her time herself the time in between cigs (basically get on a timed schedual!. Smoke every X amount with the exeption of a few things, like first waking up and such)!. After about a week, add onto that time by a few minutes (don't reach too high, 10 minutes should be good) and stick to that for a week, and then do it again!. If it starts to get harder (or really high on the time inbetween cigs), then add by lesser amounts (like 5 minutes instead of 10)!. Basically break it down until she smokes when she wakes, and maybe after she eats (or whatever other times tends to be harder for her to give it up at)!. Then, the hardest part of all, totally stopping that!.
The BEST way to give up the physical addiction too, for when the times are hard, is to use SUCKERS!. Seriously, have your friend buy your wife a back of suckers, whatever kind she likes, and tell her to use a sucker instead of the cigs!. The shape and weight are similar, plus you have to suck in too to get what you want!. Trust me, it will really help things!.
Also with chantix, it is not suppose to really help you quit unless you help it!. My husband took it for months and said he could have slowed down but didn't (felt too yucky from it)!. Really, if you take chantix, you could keep on smoking normally, like I said before, all it really does is just make it taste bad!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It is illegal!. To answer the question, it would probably be successful at making her not want to smoke!. Chantix work on the receptors in the brain, and prevent nicotine from reaching the receptors!. Chantix also makes cigarettes taste bad, and every person I have ever known to use it loses their desire to smoke!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Yes!!! That is illegal! He can't give a person medication against their will or without their knowledge!. Answering your first question though!.!.!.it won't help her!. Half of the addiction to cigarettes is not the nicotine!.!.!.it is the habit!. A stop-smoking aid can never work unless the participant believes that it will and is willing to do it!. But he better not give his wife Chantix!. He can't possibly predict what it might do to her!.!.!.what if she has a bad reaction!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
I dont know if that would be illegal or if it would help HER!. I do know that Chantix will make you DOG sick if you take it and keep smoking!. My grandfather took it and smoked while he was taking it, it made him sick for days, which made him quit BUT he knew that he was taking it!. If this woman doesnt know shes taking it, it could turn out to be dangerous and maybe even deadly!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Yes, it is illegal to do this!.!.!.technically!. Also makes you wonder where he's getting the script!. Anyways!.!.!.it doesn't have much in the way of drug interactions!. It has a relatively high success rate compared to the usual methods of quitting!. It can make you sick with our without continuation of smoking so she might wonder why she's feeling nauseated and visit her gp leading to another can of worms!. she should just give it a go and try to quit the habit!. I know easier said than done!.Www@Answer-Health@Com