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Suggest Possible Medication To Quit Smoking
My mom has smoked a whole carton of cigarettes and she goes and buys herself more. She has been told she has copd and emphazima . She also has hypoxia . She has been smoking for 30 to 36 years . How long does it take to develope lung cancer if you smoke that much . She smokes every morning and during the day a lot . Also she will smoke a cigarette before she goes to bed . Her doctor has told her she needed to queit smoking and everytime she goes and sees her doctor she wil say she as almost quiet . So what can happen if she does not quiet and the rate she is going what can happen ?
Fri, 4 Jul 2014
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your internal motivation to quit smoking is must
without it no medication will help to quit
use calender methods
set the quit date which is after 15 days from day 1
gradually cut down one or two cigarette every day till day 15th
use nicotine replacement gums whenever require in between
start tab bupropion 150 mg for 1st 7 days and after 7 days increase 150 mg twice in day
bupropion will help to reduce craving
at end of 15 days u will decrease to almost nil and than bupropion will continue for next 3 months
thank u
your internal motivation to quit smoking is must
without it no medication will help to quit
use calender methods
set the quit date which is after 15 days from day 1
gradually cut down one or two cigarette every day till day 15th
use nicotine replacement gums whenever require in between
start tab bupropion 150 mg for 1st 7 days and after 7 days increase 150 mg twice in day
bupropion will help to reduce craving
at end of 15 days u will decrease to almost nil and than bupropion will continue for next 3 months
thank u
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