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later you stinky cigarettes, Chantix is here to put your flame out!

28 December, 2007 09:20

I have been fighting to stop smoking for several months now.  The nicotine patches were not working well.  I would wake up in the morning, take it off, have a smoke, put it back on; the rest of the day I would not have a smoke.  In any case, it is not how it should be used and it would have not been successful.

So, I made an appointment with my Doc.  To recap, I quit for two years using an anti-depressant, but started up again before moving to Madison.  With the medication I am on now, that would not have been an effective choice.

He put me on Chantix.  It works by manipulating the receptors in the brain that processes nicotein.  You continue to smoke for 7 days when starting the drug.  After 7 days, you quit cold turkey.  I have about two days left.  Already I can tell that my temptation for a cigarette has lessened.

The success rate for Chantix is amazing.  I have been pumping myself up for this for quite a while and have complete confidence I will be smoke free.  It is not a new years resolution, but it falls pretty close to that day.

I had a question about Wormwood which contains Thujone.  I dillute it, about 5 or 10% when I am feeling ill and rub it on my stomach.  Thujone is a very powerful GABA antagonist, promotes liver enzyme production, and promotes adrenal effeciency.  I got the go a head for what I was using it for after looking at my current prescriptions.  Wormwood is an essential oil sometimes used in aromatherapy, but very hard to find because of its toxicity.

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Main Entry: spew
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spIwan; akin to Old High German spIwan to spit, Latin spuere, Greek ptyein intransitive verb
1 : VOMIT
2 : to come forth in a flood or gush
3 : to ooze out as if under pressure : EXUDE transitive verb
1 : VOMIT
2 : to send or cast forth with vigor or violence or in great quantity -- often used with out - spew-er noun
-- Merriam-Webster

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