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Nicotinell chewing gum?

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Has anyone else used this?

I thought the nurse had prescribed me lozengers but its chewing gum and i just started chewing a piece and i swear it takes just like chewing a fag butt its bloody disgusting. But according to the pack theres a certain way of chewing it, am i doing it wrong or is it really this vile!!! :eek:

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Hi Sara - Yes it really is vile no matter what way you chew it. Stopped using mine as it made the inside of my mouth feel funny:(

Just use Wrigleys Extra if I want to chew something

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I tried it and it was pretty grim. I tried the boots own brand one and that was lovely and minty.

(for legal purposes I should point out that other nrt brands are available :))

How are you chewing it? You just chew till it tastes strong then leave it against your cheek - I'm sure you know that though!

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You can hold it at the back of the mouth in between teeth and cheek.

Just bring it out and chew from time to time for short nicotine bursts.

Then park it back up 790

I have used it before and It was OK but I did get ulcers after a few days :(

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Its disgusting. I only had mine in my gob for a couple of minutes and i had to force myself to keep it there that long :eek:

It made the inside of my mouth tingle and it really did taste rank :mad:

Its probably a good idea to keep chewing them, i reckon if i get a bad craving and chew one of them a fag just wont appeal to me cause thats disgusting :o

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Im chewing how it says but it shocked me that it tasted like that and i just couldnt bring myself to chew it again so i spat it out :D

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I tried a few brands when I used the gum and that was probably one of the worst. Can you change the brand or as you stuck with that one if they're prescribed?

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It's a bit too much :o

I found that with the lozengers, they made me retch :o

Yet a good mate of mine is still sucking them a year later?! dunno how he does it!

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I tried a few brands when I used the gum and that was probably one of the worst. Can you change the brand or as you stuck with that one if they're prescribed?

I was prescribed a type of patch that didn't agree with me and they prescribed a different one so you maybe able to do same gum wise?

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Could you try a lower strength one or does that not affect the flavour?!?

Those boots ones were quite nice!

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Ohh sara that stuff is disgusting.:eek:

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try airways gum, i think its the nicest.

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Could you try a lower strength one or does that not affect the flavour?!?

Those boots ones were quite nice!

Im not sure actually. They have given me the strongest ones.

One thing thats confusing me is. If i would of stayed quit on the 1st Jan surely by now the nurse would of cut the patches down to a lower dose? :confused:

Although ive only been quit since the 4th Feb this time, i have only smoked for 9 days in total this year, the rest has just been failed attempts and the days i was smoking i wasnt smoking as much as i was before i started trying to quit so surely my body wont be able to hack to much nicotine now as it would of done? Im only asking because i am on the strongest patches and the strongest gum.

Have i lost everyone?

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Maybe try a lower dose of one or the other and see how you get on. There's no point having more nicotine than you need, but then there's no point rushing to cut down and struggling. I reckon it's probably trial and error.

Have I lost everyone now?!??

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No i get what your saying but did you get what i was saying :D

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No i get what your saying but did you get what i was saying :D

I think so! But did the nurse get what you were saying??

It's not an exact science, so just because a nurse has given you one strength doesn't make it necessarily the right one for you. Not that I'm saying your nurse is wrong, not at all, just that it must be difficult for them to work out who needs what.:confused:

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And did the nurse get what i was saying ROFL :D

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I must be weird, i like the gum :D :D :D :D

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