Is taking Lobelia to help stop smoking going to hurt my husband?
Please advise, thanks!
Answer:
Ginger does suppress nausea.
Lobelia is often used in smoking cessation programs as it is very close to the nicotine family. If your husband has any heart problems he should not take lobelia.
Likewise pregnant women and children should never take lobelia.
If he isn't having side effects, is taking the recommended dosage and has no heart problems, I wouldn't be too concerned.
the nausea may come from either the medicine or the severe cravings. i would return it and get some commit lozenges or something with no horrible side effects. I would rather be safe then sit and wonder while it sets in on him.
i have never heard of that - but if it doesn't work - they have a new prescription out called Chantix - i have talked to about 10 people and it has worked for them!! apparently it blocks the nicotine receptors in the brain. they have a website i believe.
Quitting smoking is a hard thing to do - good luck to him!!
have you talked to him about it mabey you should have him try it , or if what your using works then stick with it.
I think there's better solutions--
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I asked my doctor for a patch and he said "no, I won't Rx the nicotine that is addictive and part of your problem. Just quit, stop smoking". This is good advice for me and I have learned that nicotine is extremely addictive and also a habit. I had to come into a state of mind to ask because I was concerned and my doc is not going to be able to stop smoking for me.
I agree that there might be a better solution. I don't know if this has worked for anyone else, but here's how I did it. I quit smoking two years ago (almost to the day, in fact). I remembered reading that Vitamin C was supposed to help curb cravings. At the time, I was using a powdered version of Vit. C that was very, very sour and I found that it really did help. Ultimately, I switched to adding it to grapefruit juice (get a really good brand, not from concentrate) and I would have a small glass every time I wanted to smoke (note: I added the recommended dose to the whole carton of juice, so you might want to warn other household members that it's going to be very sour if they drink it! And you want to be sure that you don't overdo the Vitamin C) Between the sour sensation and the Vitamin C, I was able to quit cold turkey and I haven't smoked since.
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