Rethinking Tobacco Addiction – if you want to Stop Smoking Medication can be just the Thing
Smokers are quite a dominant force in today’s society and despite laws and regulations about where and when you can 
smoke, it continues to be a rising trend. There are, of course, many people who do mange to quit smoking every day through various different methods. However, the statistics do not look good for a smoker who wants to quit. Some place the figure at a meagre 5% success rate at quitting. A large percentage of people do try to quit, but the cravings from the nicotine are very strong and affect the brain pleasure centres in an extreme way. Nicotine replacement programs, such as patches and gum seem to have a low success rate, whilst more success can be acquired with hypnosis and laser treatment. However, by far the most success is found in chemical or medication that offset the effects of the nicotine. If you are looking, to stop smoking, then you will give yourself a far better start if you use a drug that will counteract the effects that the nicotine has on you.
Some kinds of drugs, like Chantix can really help you with kicking the addiction. They work with the chemicals in the brain and inhibit the effect of the nicotine, thus preventing the cravings from being so strong. Chantix is not a nicotine replacement and what it actually does is home in on the nicotine receptors in your brain and by attaching to these can block nicotine from making that connection with them. If you do revert back to smoking whilst you are taking Chantix then you will be in for an unpleasant shock as the cigarette will taste awful.
It can be worrying when you first decide to take a drug to help you stop smoking as you are swapping one chemical for another. However, if you look up the information or research a little your mind will be out at rest. As with anything there may be some mild side effects from the medication, such as nausea or sleep interruption however, these are small issues compared with a lifetime of addiction to a substance that can create major health problems resulting in death. Trying to give up a habit, such as cigarette smoking, will be more successful with support and/or counselling. There are many excellent websites out there that can steer you in the right direction to find a group that will be supportive of your aim.
An antidepressant called Wellbutrin seems to be a popular choice in medication to stop smoking. This drug significantly reduces the nicotine cravings as it dampens down the receptors in the brain that are open to this. However, as said this is an antidepressant and these affect the chemical composition of the brain and change your mood as well an inhibit cravings for nicotine. Think very long and hard before considering this alternative as there is no point substituting one problem with another one. If you enjoy life in general, then an antidepressant can have an effect whereby it causes you to be a little awry in that view. Your interest in life in general will wane as the dampening down includes good things as well as bad. Being moody and temperamental may affect your relationships with family, friends and work colleagues and you may undergo a partial (or complete) personality change. So think carefully before trying this route as there are other effective routes to go down to which will not have the same negative impacts upon your life as antidepressants. My view would be to avoid this life the plague if there was any other way you could kick the habit. However, the side effects may not adversely affect you in the same way, and in fact this can be a very quick solution to smoking that you stand to gain so much better health in the long-term after a month or so of taking antidepressants. Is an added 10 years life expectancy so high a price to pay for a short time of unpleasantness?
