are nicorette gum bad for you
Nicorette did help me to quit cigarettes initially, she writes but I have been addicted to Nicorette chewing gum now for over 16 years!! My doctors cannot explain my severe hair loss or my extremely high blood pressure. My diet is healthy, I exercise regularly and all my blood tests show up fine. How You Use Nicotine Gum. You don't chew nicotine gum the way you chew normal gum. If you did, all the nicotine would be released directly into your saliva. If you swallowed the nicotine-soaked saliva, it would provoke a terrible stomachache and a nasty and overwhelming craving for a cigarette. When you chew the gum, the nicotine begins to slowly release into your mouth. Then you hold the gum in your mouth between your cheek and gums. Cigarette smoke passes nicotine almost instantly into the blood through the lining of the lungs, and the blood takes it to the brain in a few seconds. You don't chew nicotine gum the way you chew normal gum. If you did, all the nicotine would be released directly into your saliva. If you swallowed the nicotine-soaked saliva, it would provoke a terrible stomachache and a nasty and overwhelming craving for a cigarette. Although nicotine is a drug, addictive like many others, nicotine gum (Nicorette), is still less harmful than smoking because there's no inhalation of tobacco smoke, or the harmful additives that go into many cigarettes. GlaxoSmithKline, marketers of Nicorette, advises people to stop using the nicotine gum at the end of 12 weeks, and to talk to a doctor if you still feel the need to use it. Do not chew nicotine gum like normal gum. Instead, use the chew and park method: 1  Use one piece of gum at a time. 2  Put a piece of gum into your mouth, and chew it slowly a few times to break it down. 3  Chewing will release a peppery taste. 4  Next, park the gum between your gums and cheek, and leave it there. Tips to help you gradually reduce use of nicotine gum include: 1  Decrease the chewing time with each piece from the normal 30 minutes to 10 to 15 minutes for 4 to 7 days. 2  Decrease the total number of pieces used per day by about 1 piece every 4 to 7 days. Instead, you use a method called chew-and-park: 1  Chew the gum slowly a few times to break it down, until you sense a peppery taste or note a tingling in your mouth. 2  Then park it between your cheek and gum, as you would chewing tobacco. Ultimately, the biggest problem with the use of nicotine gum for lengthy periods is that the longer you stay on it, the longer you remain dependent on nicotine and the greater your odds of a smoking relapse, Ms. Indorf said.
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