| Quitting smoking is one of the best decisions you can | | | | the quit smoking side effects quite effectively. |
| ever take in your life. Once you quit smoking, your | | | | Currently, one of the most advanced smoking |
| health starts to pick up immediately. However, you | | | | cessation aids is a quit smoking drug called Chantix |
| may face certain quit smoking side effects for a few | | | | varenicline. Developed by Pfizer pharmaceuticals, |
| days. This is because nicotine is an extremely | | | | Chantix is an FDA approved quit smoking drug. The |
| addictive substance. It affects your brain and | | | | medicine helps to relieve you of the painful nicotine |
| stimulates the release of dopamine which gives you | | | | withdrawal symptoms. Varenicline – the active |
| pleasure for a short while. When you quit smoking, | | | | ingredient in Chantix dupes your brain into thinking that it |
| your brain starts craving for its stipulated dose of | | | | has received its dose of nicotine. You therefore do not |
| nicotine. The craving is so intense that you start | | | | experience any craving for nicotine. Another unique |
| experiencing quit smoking side effects which are also | | | | feature of Chantix is that it makes smoking less |
| termed as nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Some of the | | | | pleasurable for you. So even if you smoke during your |
| most commonly reported quit smoking side effects | | | | quit smoking treatment with Chantix, you do not derive |
| include headache, anxiety, anger, nervousness, | | | | the same pleasure as you used to earlier. You are |
| depression, cough, sore throat and dry mouth. These | | | | therefore not tempted to light up a cigarette again. As |
| side effects are most bothersome, especially during | | | | a result, your odds of quitting smoking increase with |
| the first three days of your smoking cessation | | | | Chantix. The medicine works better than Zyban, the |
| process. These eventually subside by the end of the | | | | only other FDA approved quit smoking pill apart from |
| first week. The first few days of your quit smoking | | | | Chantix. It may be noted that both Chantix and Zyban |
| process are therefore the hardest to overcome. Once | | | | are prescription only drugs. You need to consult your |
| you pass these successfully, you have high chances | | | | doctor before using any of these smoking cessation |
| of quitting successfully for life. | | | | drugs. |
| Earlier, the only option before people was to quit | | | | If you do not wish to take medications, you can take |
| smoking via the cold turkey method. This means, you | | | | the help of nicotine replacement therapy to relieve |
| quit smoking by sheer will-power alone. Though many | | | | yourself of the quit smoking side effects. In this |
| people are still able to quit successfully via this method, | | | | method, nicotine is supplied to your body externally so |
| it has been observed that most people have to make | | | | that you are relieved of the nicotine withdrawal |
| at least 4-10 attempts to quit before they actually | | | | symptoms and also saved from the other harmful |
| succeed. Hence, the chances of quitting smoking are | | | | substances in cigarette smoke. However, this method |
| quite low with this method. Thanks to the | | | | is not preferred as it supplies your body with harmful |
| advancements in medical science, you now have | | | | nicotine and also involves a certain risk of re-addiction. |
| several advanced quit smoking aids that relieve you of | | | | |