Anyone tried giving up smoking with Champix?
I have started on a course of Champix today. I have 2 weeks worth of tablets to take, then an appointment with a nurse in 2 weeks and my quit date is July 26th.
I've tried giving up previously with the aid of all the usual nicotine substitutes and tried cold turkey but without success.
Has anyone tried, and hopefully been successful using Champix? Are the side effects as bad as i have read, and when do the side effects start?
Thank You
I've tried giving up previously with the aid of all the usual nicotine substitutes and tried cold turkey but without success.
Has anyone tried, and hopefully been successful using Champix? Are the side effects as bad as i have read, and when do the side effects start?
Thank You
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I gave up with Champix - yes its really good and effective for the purpose but i suffered some side effects that put me off it ... one, i put on a stone and a half in a month - i didnt even know this was humanly possible plus i wasnt eating any differently as i was on weight watchers at the time.
two: a friend of mine had died a few months earlier and i started thinking how it would be much better to just die than carry on living, i mean whats the point anyway when you just end up dead anyway - fortunatley for me my OH was listening when i was saying all this and he took me straight to Doc's - i was taken off them straight away !!
I'm not saying it was because of the Champix , all of this, but i certainly associate it with it all - if there was no side effects then it would be amazing - lots of peopel are ok though so my advice is just to be mindful of yourself and let those around you know and to alert you to any differences they see in you - GOOD LUCK!!
I used them to give up about a year ago and they were really effective. They sent me a little west the first couple of days, felt a little drunk, but after only a day I didn't crave cigarettes anymore, and didn't even need to finish the course.
On the champix he just gave up - no real cravings, no bad moods like on previous attempts. I didn't think he'd ever give up but he seemed to find it relatively easy - but he also says that the fact that it was tied into a sort of support programme helped, ie he was given 2 weeks of tablets, then returned to the nurse, then the same again etc. He did a 12 week course altogether and there was a weekly drop-in centre he could go to if he wanted to.
The only side effect he had was a bit of indigestion. He has put some weight on (about a stone over the last year) but he's much healthier. For the first time in years he didn't get a bad chest last winter. He says it's the best thing he's ever done.
Good luck and I hope it works just as well for you!
I know 3 others who've tried to give up with Champix, didn't finish the 3 month course of tablets and have gone back to smoking again so you need to see it through until the end.
the course. I had been smoking for 33 years. Had my last cig on nov 3rd 2010
The depressive qualities of Champix are well documented, for some users anyway. The Telegraph ran an article about it about three years ago (sorry, I've long since lost the link
I tried quitting using Champix a couple of years ago. My o/h and I started taking them within a few days of each other, we both stopped smoking after ten days and there were no residual cravings for either of us. Neither of us had any weight gain that I can remember, I had nausea and headaches for a few days after I started taking them and my o/h had digestion problems that didn't end until about a year after he stopped taking them :eek:
We both started smoking again after 2 months of being cigarette-free
FWIW I agree with maz, Champix does what it does very effectively and you may not have any of the side-effects mentioned in this thread BUT please make everyone close to you aware of the potential pitfalls and consult your GP if you're concerned about anything at all after you start using it.
Both me and o/h would never try it again after our experiences with it, I hope you're one of the success stories OP
That's good to know. Think I will have a chat to my GP about them.
Well done btw
Had the worst case of man-flu ever and couldn't smoke because I was too congested. Haven't lit up a cig since getting rid of it and nor do I fancy it.
Go get desperately ill, best aid to help you give up. That's my advice!
I'm on day 6 of Champix - my quit smoking date is 26th July. The first couple of times I took the morning tablet I felt quite rough about an hour afterwards and had hot flushes but today it has been fine.
I think my cravings for cigarettes are subsiding, am still smoking but think the majority of them are habitual now, difficult to tell!
How do I get hold of this?
I've had to have a **** to calm my nerves
I'd rather just slam a few Nicotine patches on my arm and be done with it.
Go to the doctors and you get it on perscription.
If you have a history of depression they don't give them to you, but on the other hand surly if you felt worse when you took them you would realise and stop?
My point was that trying to give up for some people may very well be a damned sight more dangerous than just continuing smoking.
A nicotine inhalator worked for me when I stopped in June 2007. I'm glad that I didn't have to go down the Champix route.