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All of you out there who are considering the nicotine patch, remember that smoking causes more heart disease than cancer. Yu pays yer money and takes yer chances? Nicotine is absorbed, that is why the patch is supposed to help stop smoking. It is probably safe to use the limited time suggested ( I don't really know ) . If you are not addicted to nicotine, I would think it would make you feel awful - like trying to smoke. Just for what it's worth.. Nita Ellen Jablonski wrote: > A news blurb recently said that a nicotine patch worn for 12 hours would ease > the symptoms of TOURETTES for about a week, and they continued that Tourettes > involves "INVOLUNTARY MOTIONS" (ring any bells?). I scored a single patch > from someone trying to quit smoking (otherwise it's about $50 for smallest > supply at pharmacy OTC) and waited till my CG was home to try it in case of > reaction. Within 1/2 hour I was extremely woozy and got down on the floor > before I'd fall there. I also had nausea. IT WAS NOT COMFORTABLE AT ALL. > I'd much prefer the shaking etc. > > The PUNCH LINE is the next day I saw/read something about Zyban (the pill > used for stopping smoking. The following day it dawned on me: I'm on > 'WELLBUTRIN" for depression (I've tried all the others, let's see if this one > works--intellectually I'm way beyond this 'trauma', but my emotions aren't > keeping up). Wellbutrin is the same as Zyban, but marketed towards smokers. > That may explain my adverse reaction. > > FYI, Ellen