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How To Get Rid Of Smoking?

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Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2014
Question: hello doctor ,i am 28 years old male.i am a chain smoker on last 10 years.every day i smoking 20 cigerets.now i want to reduce my smoking habbits.but iam not ablr to reduce fully now i smoke 10 cigerets every day.could you please let me know i leave the habbits give some sugessions.kindy give some suggession for food methodologists.if i running the thread mill iam not able to run atleast 30 minutes.please some food tips for this problem.let me know how to improve my stamina.
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Answered by Dr. Srikanth Reddy (54 minutes later)
Brief Answer: Nicotine de-addiction is important Detailed Answer: Hello, I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. Nicotine de-addiction is important to kick of the habit of cigarette smoking. I see many such patients in my OPD and its good that you could reduce the number to 10 a day by your self. From now on, it would be wise to decide a specific date on which you want to stop smoking,say 20 Feb 2014. Until then you have to reduce 1 cigarette every two days. When ever you have a feeling to take some extra cigarette then you may chew the nicogum as and when required. If that doesn't help you I would start you on Bupropion 150mg per day. This is a prescription medicine. You can visit a local doctor for a prescription. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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How To Get Rid Of Smoking?

Brief Answer: Nicotine de-addiction is important Detailed Answer: Hello, I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. Nicotine de-addiction is important to kick of the habit of cigarette smoking. I see many such patients in my OPD and its good that you could reduce the number to 10 a day by your self. From now on, it would be wise to decide a specific date on which you want to stop smoking,say 20 Feb 2014. Until then you have to reduce 1 cigarette every two days. When ever you have a feeling to take some extra cigarette then you may chew the nicogum as and when required. If that doesn't help you I would start you on Bupropion 150mg per day. This is a prescription medicine. You can visit a local doctor for a prescription. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.