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Nicorette Inhalater
by Emma1973
As with my review on the patches this is not about giving up smoking, its not about why you should give up smoking, and it's not about what smoking does but about the product that's supposed to help you do it. Hence this may seem a little shorter than some other reviews. I'm doing it with this and the Nicorette patches and its going ... quite well I must say! At the time of writing 80 days without a ciggie!
You can either buy them in the chemists or major supermarkets, if you are eligible you may be able to get them on prescription as I do, they can be prescribed by a nurse or a smoking cessation advisor. If you get them prescribed then you pay the price of a prescription which I believe is around £7.50, to buy the box is around £22, so it doesnt make any sense to get them non-presciption!
What you get for your money is a cardboard box with 36 'cartridges; in it and the inhalator. The inhalator is a tube about 2 1/2" long, it flattens at the end with a lip around the edge. Into this goes a cartridge.
Easy enough to use, the sections pull apart, you push a cartridge in one end breaking the seal, place the other end on, click together and twist. Then it's all ready to go.
So the Inhalator is used at those moments when the cravings hit, not as a complete replacement for cigarettes, sorry to say but you are still going to need some willpower!
Each of the cartridges has about 40 minutes of use and you can use this time as you please. So let's say, 4 10 minute inhalations, or 10 minutes the six lots of 5 minutes. However you mustn't use more than 6 cartridges in one day. Then it's up to you how you use it. You can take deep or shallow 'sucks'. What I have found is that I need to take really deep inhalation to feel like its working but that's' just because I've felt like I need to taste it in order to think it's worked. I have been known to just stick it in my mouth for long periods though and continually suck on it long after the cartridge has run out. And no, I couldn't think of one single way to write this without it coming across as a rude innuendo! The taste isn't entirely pleasant either, it's almost a peppery taste or sensation on the roof of my mouth, and you do get used to it though and it's nowhere near as vile as the taste of the lozenges or spray.
Another side effect that I have got is that if I over-did it I felt slightly sick and this went on for a while. Oh, and decide to use it just as you put a patch on and you'll get a huge whack of nicotine. Subsequently I managed to make myself extremely dizzy which wasn't at all pleasant.
There is a whole list of other side effects; they include Very Common, Common, Uncommon and Very Rare. It could be a cough, nasal congestion, hiccups, palpitations or abnormal heart beats, the former 2 can just be a side effect of giving up smoking anyway, the latter 2 caused by too much nicotine. And as for hiccups, I presume that's just from sucking in too much air!
Frightening sounding stuff though. Use them sensibly and there should be no problems.
Do remember to clean the filter out a few times a week. I left it a few days and there was loads of fluff in it, I may as well have been sucking on my jumper!
It does work, but for me it wouldn't have been enough on its own. It does work as a 'top-up' when the cravings particularly hit. I have reduced its use quite considerably but always have it just in case! It has been the mouth and hand thing that have always been my problem, but this has pretty much solved that problem.
What I don't like is, and which was a bit of a revelation was that it is too much like a drug preparation. As is smoking, I guess! But hopefully a couple more months and I'll be totally free of both of them!
**Update** After writing this a month ago I'm now off the patches and down to about 1 cartridge a day. Go me!
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Sea Kelp Tablets
by micheal123
I was a boxing fanatic for many years and really loved the sport and I still do as keeping fit and strong was a way of releasing my tensions and channeling my youthful energies in the right direction but due to a major shoulder injury it has now been three years since I have been able to participate in my sport but I am slowly getting ... better and hoping to be training before Christmas, my love of training and keeping fit goes hand in hand with being healthy so most of my life I have been learning about what extra things I could put in my body to make it more healthy.
Kelp tablets are one of the things I learnt about many years ago and still take today, due to the fact that when I was younger I loved tasty food I did not always eat as healthy as someone training as a boxer should so extra health benefits like Kelp tablets were really great for me.
Kelp is a herb which comes deep from under the sea it is basically Seaweed which thrives on the sunlight and will take in a host of minerals and nutrients which are in the water around it.
Kelp is thought to have many benefits for us, it is the top herb for supplementing iodine and although we hear a lot about other great vitamins such as vitamin C and calcium we rarely hear about iodine and the magical things in which it can do for us.
Iodine is something we need for a efficient thyroid and pituitary function, the Thyroid is positioned in our throats and its job is to regulate our body temperature and our metabolism, so for those trying to maintain a healthy weight or even trying to lose a few pounds Kelp can really help.
Kelp is something which I believe should be in everybody's daily health plan as it is packed with nutrients which we all need such as iron, calcium and potassium, it also has a natural antibiotic synthesized into it which will help you to fight off infection and is a great thing to use during cold and flu season, they build up your immune system and help with sinus congestion caused by allergies as well as the magnesium and iron helping to give you a healthy bloodstream and it helps the growth of your red blood cells in turn giving you energy and a great quality of life.
On top of all these benefits it also promotes good hair and nail growth making your hair thicker and stronger, it is a natural source of vitamin A, B2, C, D, and E so there is no two ways about it Kelp is amazing.
I usually get mine from Holland and Barrett and pay around £6 for 250 tablets, Kelp tablets are not just something I would recommend to people I would say they are a necessary product for people trying to live a healthy and hopefully long life.
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Asda Vapour Rub
by micheal123
Asda Vapour rub is a brilliant and much cheaper alternative to a well known product which I am sure you have all heard of, it helps to get rid of nasal congestion and congestion problems you may have with your chest, this product has very similar ingredients to its more expensive and well known alternative but as it is being sold for ... much cheaper is well worth trying out.
This product comes in a small round blue tub and has a light blue lid which is easily screwed on and off, it is a clear, smelly menthol type cream which can be rubbed on to your chest, and is best used before going to bed to help clear your air way passages giving you a more comfortable and peaceful nights sleep.
It is a bit smelly but nothing to dreadful and this is because it contains in it a paraffin oil based oinment, Menthol, camphor, Eucalyptus oil,Thymus Vulgaris which is basically Thyme oil and juniperus Mexican oil all these ingredients together may smell but they certainly do the trick.
Another great way of using Vapour rub is by steaming your face over a bowl of hot water, using a towel over your head to trap the steam, if you add some Vapour rub to your hot water then steamed vapours will be released which you can then inhale into your air ways, this will instantly help any congestion and breathing problems you may have, leaving you feeling warmer,clearer and much much better.
You should not be using this product on children under two as it is dangerous for them and should never be applied to the face, nostrils or taken orally by anyone of any age, if your children are in need of using Vapour rub then I suggest applying to there clothes and this should produce the desired effects, another little trick for using this for children is to add a teaspoons worth to a small bowl of boiling water and then place that bowl of boiling water into your child's room somewhere near where they are sleeping, I suggest not doing this until they are actually sleeping and removing the bowl before you go to bed for safety reasons.
You can buy Asda Vapour rub from any big Asda shopping centre and you can expect to pay £1 for a 50g tub and as you do not need to use a lot at any one time it is something which should last quite a while.
I would certainly recommend this product to anybody in need of it, as I have said it is much cheaper than the more famous Vapour rub available and does pretty much just as good of a job, I believe having a Vapour rub is a necessity for any family home.
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