As most of us could have told them, NRT doesn't work

[six]

This article is front page news today. It is on everything from CBS to Reuters to WebMD.

Apparently, nicotine replacement therapy doesn't work any better than cold turkey. I think the majority of e-cig users could have saved them the time and trouble of doing such a study and just told them it doesn't work. Patches, gum, etc etc etc are just big pharma making a buck with products that don't work.

How many times do we see ANTZ making the statement about using "proven therapy" for quitting tobacco? I guess it's proven... now proven to be completely ineffective.

 

[MikenGA]

Thank you for posting that. An interesting read, for sure!

 

[sonicdsl]

This article is front page news today. It is on everything from CBS to Reuters to WebMD.

Apparently, nicotine replacement therapy doesn't work any better than cold turkey. I think the majority of e-cig users could have saved them the time and trouble of doing such a study and just told them it doesn't work. Patches, gum, etc etc etc are just big pharma making a buck with products that don't work.

How many times do we see ANTZ making the statement about using "proven therapy" for quitting tobacco? I guess it's proven... now proven to be completely ineffective.

Duhhhh...

 

[washvap]

Thanks for the post six. Really confirms my experience with nicotine gum. Doesn't do anything to me except make my cravings for a cig that much stronger.

 

[washvap]

Duhhhh...

You might be surprised on the amount of people that believe NRT is effective.

 

[sonicdsl]

You might be surprised on the amount of people that believe NRT is effective.

Oh I'm not, believe me. I'm so thankful my own doctor is "whatever works to get you to quit" type, and not on the pharma bandwagon!

 

[washvap]

It's good that your doctor was supportive. Way better then some docs I've met.

 

[Retriever]

Good article! Thanks.

 

[hairball]

Behavioral counseling is widely recommended, with medication, to help smokers quit.

So what is he saying here?...use Chantix?

 

[six]

Other versions of the article and other articles written about the study are far less forgiving to big pharma. The one that surprised me out of the half dozen or so I read was the LA Times. They didn't make much out of pharmas rebuttal. The last couple of paragraphs talk about glaxo-smith-klines reaction, but don't lend it any editorializing the way webMD did.

 

[mooreted]

Oh, a "scientist" for Glaxo says NRT works when taken as directed. Guess I'll throw my PV out and go buy some gum.

/sarcasm

 

[tj99959]

Yup a NRD seems to be working a lot better than NRT ever did for me.

 

[throatkick]

<rant>
Yes, I've always felt scientists were looking out for smokers Especially the ones that crammed an indeterminate amount of chemicals into cigarettes to make them more addictive and deadly.
</rant>

 

[NICnurse]

I saw this article tonight......and happily vaped away while reading it....and laughing to myself that I am 17 months cigarette free without going cold turkey or using big pharma epic fail methods!!