The Take a Shot to Quit Smoking Scheme: Is it Safe and Effective

More and more smokers are hearing about the take ameans that the stop smoking shots 80% success rate
shot to quit smoking procedure, and are curious as tois out the window.
whether they should get it or not. That'sThe American Medical Association finds the procedure
understandable, because the clinics performing thequestionable. Many other organizations and medical
procedure make some really amazing claims about theprofessionals have the same outlook.  If there really
quit smoking shot. Unfortunately, their success rateswere a method of quitting smoking that was this
may be over exaggerated, and the drugs used in theeffective, these respected groups would have spread
take a shot to quit smoking procedure can causethe news and notified the public.  Instead, they dismiss
some serious side-effects..the take a shot to quit smoking procedure as a
If the take a shot to quit smoking procedure was reallyquestionable, and potentially dangerous procedure.
the “miracle cure" these clinics claim it to be, theMany people have experienced numerous side effects
media would have gotten the word out years ago.from the shots, such as racing heart beats,
Smokers trying to quit the habit would be beating ahallucinations, and frightening panic attacks to name a
path to the doors of these take a shot to quit smokingfew. Dr. Glenn Catalano, chief of mental health at the
clinics. This is simply not the case.James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa, Florida,
According to advertisers, the take a shot to quitrelated the story of a 59 year old man who received
smoking procedure has a success rate of nearlythe stop smoking shot and began hearing voices of
80%.  No other method of quitting smoking comesfamily members threatening they were going to kill him
close to that kind of success rate. So, let's cut to thefor his “fortune”.
chase.  Does the take a shot to quit smokingThe take a shot to quit smoking procedure is often
procedure deliver on its promises?promoted by less than scrupulous outfits, which run
The answer is no.  It's an old saying that if somethinghuge advertising campaigns geared to rope in as
sounds too good to be true, it probably is, and it's nomany desperate people as possible who want nothing
different when it comes to these seemingly magicalmore than to quit smoking. They then charge these
quit smoking injections.  They may work for a fewtrusting smokers hundreds of dollars, knowing perfectly
people, just as a sugar pill placebo may "cure" a fewwell that the take a shot to quit smoking procedure will
people of other illnesses. But the claim that the take aprobably fail.
shot to quit smoking procedure has an 80% successKicking the habit is an intelligent desicion, but you don't
rate is just not true.have to take a shot of potentially dangerous drugs to
Atlanta's Fox News staff contacted 21 patients a fewquit smoking. For more information on safer ways to
weeks after they received this treatment fromquit, I’ve left some information in the resource box
Welplex, and all but 3 had resumed smoking. Thatbelow.