Today, there are many aids to help the smokers to quit smoking. CHANTIX is a prescription medicine that helps smokers to stop smoking. Most people try to quit smoking for 6-9 times in their life but they just can’t avoid the temptations of smoking. With the help of CHANTIX you can permanently quit smoking. It uses two-part approach by addressing the physical side of quitting smoking and giving step by step support to help them quit smoking. Unlike the other quit smoking products, CHANTIX targets nicotine receptors in brain and blocks the nicotine to reach them. It works by stopping the effects of nicotine in the body that reduce the pleasure of smoking.

However, there are sides effects come with the use of CHANTIX. The most common side effects are nausea, sleep problems, constipation, gas, and vomiting. If you experience the symptoms after consuming CHANTIX, you should immediately go to your doctor.

Now, quitting from smoking is no longer impossible because soon you can buy CHANTIX anti smoking pills. This pill had been approved by the US FDA to be sold in the market. This pill is the latest technology in reducing the number of smokers and also helping smokers that want to quitting from the cigarette. This pill has several advantages that can help you quitting from smoking. First, it reduces the addiction, and the second, it can make the smoking has less pleasure.

Unfortunately, some psychiatrics organizations has questioned the CHANTIX anti smoking because in some cases it can cause depression. For further info about this thing you can browse internet to get related articles. It all your choice; you want to quit smoking by your own willing or you need drugs to help you do it.

Chantix is giving their patients some kind a pill that they said that it will makes the people will do not have any desires to smoke again. The pills do not contain nicotine too so that the people who addicted to the smoke will not addicted to the pills either. But the latest issue about this Chantix is not good news for everybody. Well, the issue is telling that the pills given by Chantix are creating hallucinations to the people who consume the pills and the patients are doing things that indicate the symptoms of mental disorders.

There is also one disturbing case that happen to the Texas musician who killed someone because of the hallucinations that caused by the pills given by the Chantix. Well, this case is proving that the people must be very careful in taking medical treatment. No matter what the benefits that the people can get, the people are supposed to gain information related to the things that they were doing as much as possible.

In the cigarette contains so many toxic substances that will damage the whole body organs, and give you many possibilities of getting diseases. These diseases namely: asthma, blindness, bladder cancer, diabetes type 2 and many others.

From the health care provider, they offer a three combination ways on how to quit smoking: 1. Lifestyle Changes, 2. A quit Program, 3. Medications. The Lifestyle changes is for example to avoid places, people that make you smoke, ask people around you not to smoking, change your facebook status into “I’m quitting smoke” word, this is a way in order to motivate you, and if it is needed have a sugerfree gum or low calorie snacks. A quit program of smoking you can actually get may information, consultation and support from health care provider, and call them free on 1-800-QUIT-NOW. They have experts to design you a complete packages program to quit smoke. And the last is medication, which commonly are nicotine, buproprion and varenicline. Although these medications have their side effects, but if it is as prescribed it’s still safe to be consumed.

My doctor told me firmly I should try to quit. The next year, he prescribed Chantix.

I filled the prescription, but in my mind I had no intention of quitting. The information with the pills said I did not have to stop smoking immediately; I could pick a stop date and start the meds and work up to that date.

I never picked a date because I didn’t think it would work. I would just have to tell my doctor and family that I’d tried again and failed. You can’t imagine my surprise when it started working!

After several weeks, the drug took away that absolute panic I felt when I thought I couldn’t have a cigarette. That panic is what kept me from quitting in the past.

I gradually started to lose interest in lighting up, or would light up and take two puffs and then put it out. I moved my smoking area outside and just never went out there to light up.

It has been more than two years. I do not smoke anymore. That is a downright miracle! So when you report the side effects, keep my story in mind. Chantix can help some people quit without causing suicidal thoughts or other bad side effects. I am still in shock that it worked for me!

Reply: Congratulations! Quitting smoking is the best thing you can do
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Chantix does help people stop smoking. It has some potentially serious side effects, however. They include suicidal preoccupation, depression or panic, agitation, anger or violence, paranoia and hallucinations.

Q: I’ve had a cold and have been coughing and stuffed up for days. I have read that using nasal sprays can be addictive. Cough medicines are not helping much either. I would prefer some natural approaches that don’t cause rebound congestion. What can you suggest?

A: The usual ingredient in cough syrup, dextromethorphan, is no better than placebo for kids and only modestly effective for adults (Journal of Family Practice, October 2009). Natural alternatives that may provide some relief include tea made of thyme or ginger. Elderberry and Chinese herbs such as Andrographis or Astragalus also may be helpful.

Q: I have been treated for an overactive bladder by two urologists. I took several different prescription medications with no relief but many side effects.

I told my doctors that I have noticed that if I take two Advils at bedtime, I get through the night without going to the bathroom.

The urologists had never heard of this, but they said there should be no problem with two Advils daily. Do you agree?

A: A double-blind study in Urology (October 2008) determined that men with enlarged prostates had half as many nighttime bathroom trips when they took Celebrex. Advil and Celebrex are both NSAIDs. However, they could raise blood pressure, increase the risk of heart attack or cause stomach ulcers if taken long term.

Testimony: I burned my thumb on a pan of roasted veggies. I remembered your advice and reached for the tamari soy sauce. (I had a low-sodium variety.)

To my dismay, when I applied it to my thumb, it didn’t work to ease the pain as it has in the past. I was puzzled and tried it a few more times, but got no pain relief.

I looked in the cupboard and spotted Bragg Liquid Aminos (a substitute for soy sauce, also made from soy beans) and sprayed some on. I got instant relief, and I mean instant! I was back to my knitting in half an hour.

Reply: Thanks for the clue. Most readers have reported that soy sauce eases the pain of a burn, but it may require a certain amount of sodium. Bragg Liquid Aminos has 30 percent to 40 percent more sodium than low-sodium tamari. A serious burn should get medical attention, of course.

Testimony: I am a 39-year-old nurse who is experiencing drastic hair loss. I started taking atenolol for high blood pressure about four months ago. One month after beginning the med, I started slowly losing my hair.

I am sometimes afraid to brush my hair for fear that it will all come out. It comes out so easily. I worry about it every day, though I’m sure that the constant worry also contributes to even more hair loss.

I have asked the doctors that I work with, and their only advice is to start exercising and try to get off the atenolol altogether. I am going to take that advice, because my biggest fear is losing my hair.

Reply: No wonder you worry. Losing a lot of hair is not a pleasant experience.

As you have concluded, atenolol is probably the culprit. What’s more, there is considerable controversy about the effectiveness of atenolol for treating hypertension (The Lancet, Nov. 6, 2004).

A surprising number of medications can cause hair loss as a side effect. We have listed many in the Guide to Hair and Nail Care we are sending you. We also are including our Guide to Blood Pressure Treatment, with a number of scientifically supported nondrug approaches.

If diet, exercise and other natural approaches are not adequate for blood pressure control, there are other medicines for hypertension that may be less likely to cause hair loss.

Q: I have found that drinking Earl Grey tea for a few days seems to trigger nighttime leg cramps. I used to use special soap my sister brought back from France. Her friend in Paris swore that putting it under the sheets would eliminate the cramps, and I find it helps.

When the fragrance seemed to disappear, I started using a very fragrant body lotion. It relieved my leg cramps the same as soap. I think, for me, it’s a form of aromatherapy.

A: Your report is the first we have heard of soap under the sheets being a leg-cramp remedy in another country. We have heard from many readers in the U.S. who find this approach helpful.

Earl Grey tea can cause muscle cramps in susceptible people (The Lancet, April 27, 2002). This is because the flavor (oil of bergamot) can interfere with potassium moving in and out of muscle cells.

Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist. Teresa Graedon holds a doctorate in medical anthropology and is a nutrition expert. Write to them in care of their Web site: www.PeoplesPharmacy.com