What do your docs think of ecigs?

[hgielm1]

Have any of you talked to your primary care doc about ecigs? What are their opinions? Especially, what are they saying about the propylene glycol? Are they telling you that ecigs are much safer than analogs, or do they have special concerns about ecigs? Just curious what responses you are getting from docs.

 

[dntbuyblu]

my doctor thinks it great i work with him and he wants to buy one for his brother

 

[catlvr]

Just went to the doctor yesterday. He saw that I had qiut analogs for a year+. Was happy with that, then I told him I was starting to go back on them, but found this, and I showed him "blue" as I call my pv. I couldn't believe it! He actually knew what it was. He said that's great. Gave me the thumbs up. I changed the subject, due to nervousness and embarassment for having started to smoke again, so we didn't get into details. But I feel so much better and will be talking to him about it next visit. Oh, and by the way I vaped in the examming room untill he walked in the door never suspected a thing!

 

[four2109]

The nurses loved it and were going on line to get their ow.. er.. their husbands one.. LOL
The Dr's only actual comment was that "Many things are suspended in PG." Think he has a lawyer up his ..... He had nothing negative to say about it though, and didn't have to tell me to quit smoking. Didn't recommend that I quit vaping. Heart Doc wanted to know all there was to know about it, but wouldn't commit to an opinion either. He seemed to only see it as a way to get around the smoking bans.
Plan to pressure them in the future, just for their personal opinion, off the record...
-Labs excellant, Chest X-ray clear, Stress Test -"That's a good heart"

 

[medic23]

The doc I work with is the one who told me about them. He got his MIL one and said I should look into it.

 

[Moonflame]

By "lots of things are suspended in PG" he may have meant meds. There are asthma drugs and drugs for lung transplant patients that are suspended in PG to be used in a Nebulizer, which is essentially a larger version of our vaporizers. It's been being used to hold medicines for inhalation for a long time. I know that when my son was less than 2 he was on asthma stuff for the nebulizer that was in a PG liquid and he's almost 18 now. He was probably telling you it's OK to inhale.