What was the name of that new drug to stop smoking?

I'm trying to help one of my people kick. Someone mentioned a new drug on OT the other day and I can't find it. Can youse guys remind me what that was? I bleve it was scrip.

[cstreit]

Chantrix or Chamix or something right?

I tried Zyban, stuff messed me up bad... Tremors, insomnia, sweating... The "cure" was worse than the illness. I quit using the patch 3 mos. ago.

[TerryH]

Chantix?

http://www.webmd.com/news/20060511/fda-oks-new-quit-smoking-drug

[Purrybonker]

Zyban is a joke. If you think Zyban can work for you, save yourself the side-effects and go for hypnotism or laser treatment.

A bit of mental commitment and a cycle through three strengths of patches makes quitting a walk in the park. Patch takes care of physical cravings - your commitment does the rest.

There's no solution to any addiction without commitment. Zyban ain't no free ride around that.

Oh - I quit 5 years ago with the patch. Gained no fat, but tossed on an extra 30lb of muscle as part of a general make-over plan. I'm still working on trying to fix the ugly - but that's a whole nother story.

[Nostril Cheese]

heroin

[ronin]

just offer him a good ass beatin' whenever he feels the urge to light up. he'll stop

[Super_Dave_D]

Originally posted by ronin
just offer him a good ass beatin' whenever he feels the urge to light up. he'll stop

You obviously dont know a smoker mentality - any smoker trying to quit will gladly take an ass wuppin for a pack of smokes!

[Nostril Cheese]

Ever see the movie Cat's Eye?

[alf]

Desire and Will to do so.

Without those 2 things drugs is just a waste of $$.

[the]

I'm not a smoker, but growing up in the 60s and 70s, of course most of the grown ups that I knew were smokers (well, at least half). My dad included.

And none of them are anymore. They just seemed to quit basically in one day (this is in the pre-quit-smoking-drug days). I've asked my dad how/why he quit, he just said "Dunno, just woke up one day and decided to quit." That was after 15 years of being a smoker.

People seem to be having a harder time than ever quitting. Do these quitting drugs really help, or is maybe cold turkey better?

[cstreit]

I think the effectivity of the drug depends on the person and their metabolism too. I tend to metabolize drugs very quickly. This stuff made it impossible for me to function, I was a walking zombie. Once the physical symptoms of tremors and nasty weird stuff like that happened, that was IT. I'm not messing with any drug that causes my brain to say "shake randomly" to my body, that just aint the right instructions...

...the patch worked WONDERS! (and some commitment and help from my wife, and a lot of gum, and keeping really busy and...)

[BrentW]

I've smoked for 15+ years and have been trying to stop for the past year. Tried patches, gum, and hypnosis and nothing worked. Went on Chantix on month ago and quit with no problem what-so-ever. Just a little tired from the medicine but this drug is a miracle! I don't care what the side effects are as long as I can quit.
I just watched my father in law die of cancer. I've never seen someone suffer so much. A torturous and slow death is a good motivator to quit.

[M.D. Holloway]

I misread your title - I was thinking about the new designer drugs that are more addictive and harmful than conventional pot.

[ronin]

always going for the good stuff. ain'tcha, Mikey

[ronin]

Originally posted by Super_Dave_D
You obviously dont know a smoker mentality - any smoker trying to quit will gladly take an ass wuppin for a pack of smokes!

lmao, there is some truth to that. I am a reformed smoker but didn't have too much of a hard time. but my best friend from way-back went through hell everytime he tried to stop. I learned to stay out of his way whenever he just couldn't resist any more