Stop Smoking Gum Explained

By: Guntur

Thanks to the great driving force from nicotine addiction, only 5% of all smokers can really succeed in quit smoking. There is stop smoking gum in the market nowadays, which contains small doses of nicotine to prevent withdrawal symptoms, to help you stop smoking. Stop smoking gum consists of nicotine containing compound and nicotine polacrilex in a form of a gum. Releasing nicotine to your blood system when you chew it, is the stop smoking gum’s function.

Please note that stop smoking gum is not normal chewing gum, and as a nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), you must ask your physician first before take this medication. Your physician then can give you a recommendation regarding the nicotine level of the gum, so you do not have to take excessive amounts of nicotine.

The correct way to use stop smoking gum is: chew it so you break the compound, then place it between your cheek and gum, so the stop smoking gum will release the nicotine into your body. The nicotine will be swallowed into your stomach if you do this wrong. And when this happens, your stomach will feel very painful.

There are 2 mg and 4 mg gums, purchase based on your physician’s advice. The stop smoking gum has a peppery taste as an indicator, if you lost the taste it means you must start to chew it again. Usually, you should do this ‘chew-and-park’ activity every half hour. The most effective time to use this stop smoking gum is fifteen minutes after there is no food in your body system.

Nicotine in a cigarette enters your body through your lungs, and nicotine in a stop smoking gum enters your body through your inside mouth. The other functions of stop smoking gum are to reduce the stress level of withdrawals, reduce the pain level, so its nicotine level is less intensive than the cigarettes. You must chew this stop smoking gum when the urge to smoke is at its highest, not at the beginning. Soon after you chew it, you will feel the pleasure effects similar to smoking.

Please note that if you have hypertension or heart ailments, you must take this medication under your doctor’s supervision. Any age level people can use this stop smoking gum since it is safe. There are some minor side effects of the stop smoking gum, such as indigestion and mouth sores.

For additional information, do not light any cigarettes up when you still have the stop smoking gum in your mouth, since it will greatly increase your nicotine level in your blood system. It is very dangerous if that happens.

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