Watch those side effects! (Zyban)

Member Name: SimonPO

Product:	Zyban
Date:	02/12/03 (1861 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap, They work!

Disadvantages: Side effects

Ive tried the nrt gum, unfortunately began to like them as much as cigs and chewed it for 2 years.

Patches - waste of time.

Having smoked for 18 years and really wanting to give up I visited my GP who wanted to give me NRT until I told him about my previous attempts.

After a full medical check he decided to prescrube Zyban.

You start taking one 150mg tablet a day about a week to 11 days before giving up, moving up to two tablets a day when you give up.

In the first week you very quickly become 'tired' of smoking. I wanted to give up smoking after the first day but followed the instructions. Its like drinking alcohol and not getting drunk!!

No cravings in the first fornight after giving up, however you miss the 'habit' of smoking.
I am into my second prescription and still off the cigs.

Side effects -----

In the first week you feel 'chilled out', however in my second week when the dose doubled I suffered the following:

Horrendous thirst, especially at night with a very dry throat.

Sleep consists of about three hours a night - the rest of the time is spent drinking water!!

Depression about 2-3 days after giving up smoking. The depression isnt just because you have given up. I felt distant and out of it and I knew it was the tablets.

The side effects nearly made me give up but in the end put up with them because I really want to stay of the cigs and the tablets ARE working.

I am worried if the Zyban may be hard to give up...............if anyone knows?

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