| More and more smokers are hearing about the take a | | | | means that the stop smoking shots 80% success rate |
| shot to quit smoking procedure, and are curious as to | | | | is out the window. |
| whether they should get it or not. That's | | | | The American Medical Association finds the procedure |
| understandable, because the clinics performing the | | | | questionable. Many other organizations and medical |
| procedure make some really amazing claims about the | | | | professionals have the same outlook. If there really |
| quit smoking shot. Unfortunately, their success rates | | | | were a method of quitting smoking that was this |
| may be over exaggerated, and the drugs used in the | | | | effective, these respected groups would have spread |
| take a shot to quit smoking procedure can cause | | | | the 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 really | | | | questionable, and potentially dangerous procedure. |
| the “miracle cure" these clinics claim it to be, the | | | | Many 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 a | | | | hallucinations, and frightening panic attacks to name a |
| path to the doors of these take a shot to quit smoking | | | | few. 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 quit | | | | related the story of a 59 year old man who received |
| smoking procedure has a success rate of nearly | | | | the stop smoking shot and began hearing voices of |
| 80%. No other method of quitting smoking comes | | | | family members threatening they were going to kill him |
| close to that kind of success rate. So, let's cut to the | | | | for his “fortune”. |
| chase. Does the take a shot to quit smoking | | | | The 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 something | | | | huge advertising campaigns geared to rope in as |
| sounds too good to be true, it probably is, and it's no | | | | many desperate people as possible who want nothing |
| different when it comes to these seemingly magical | | | | more than to quit smoking. They then charge these |
| quit smoking injections. They may work for a few | | | | trusting smokers hundreds of dollars, knowing perfectly |
| people, just as a sugar pill placebo may "cure" a few | | | | well that the take a shot to quit smoking procedure will |
| people of other illnesses. But the claim that the take a | | | | probably fail. |
| shot to quit smoking procedure has an 80% success | | | | Kicking 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 few | | | | quit smoking. For more information on safer ways to |
| weeks after they received this treatment from | | | | quit, I’ve left some information in the resource box |
| Welplex, and all but 3 had resumed smoking. That | | | | below. |