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Old Fri, Apr-02-10, 17:25
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A friend told me that taking Chantix can stall/prevent weight loss and I'm wondering if this is true. I seem to be "stuck" and curious if this might be the reason. Does anyone know if/how Chantix affects weight loss?
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Old Fri, Apr-02-10, 19:07
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A friend told me that taking Chantix can stall/prevent weight loss and I'm wondering if this is true. I seem to be "stuck" and curious if this might be the reason. Does anyone know if/how Chantix affects weight loss?


Well....

The way I would look at it is.....

Slow weight loss and stop smoking.

or.... no weight loss because you'll be dead of lung cancer (doing the scale of balance---slow weight loss/cancer slow weight loss/cancer). I know which one I'd pick.

Smoking is doing you no good. Period.

If the Chantix is helping you quit, I'd stay with it and deal with the rest when you're smoke free.

JMO

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Lisa
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Old Sat, Apr-03-10, 02:06
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Had to chime in here...

I gained weight when I quit smoking using chantix. Not because of the chantix I imagine, but because of my oral fixation that smoking used to take up.

I hit the fridge hard when I gave up my last smoke.
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I actually quit smoking already. The Chantix was the only way to get through it. I was thinking of stopping the Chantix early, before the script runs out but I'm a little afraid to try it. I worry I will feel that overwhelming urge to smoke again and it's been sooooo good since that urge left! I smoked for 20 yrs. I sure don't want to go back to it now that I've finally beat it. Maybe I will just wait until I'm finished with the prescribed course. Thanks all for the input.
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I actually quit smoking already. The Chantix was the only way to get through it. I was thinking of stopping the Chantix early, before the script runs out but I'm a little afraid to try it. I worry I will feel that overwhelming urge to smoke again and it's been sooooo good since that urge left! I smoked for 20 yrs. I sure don't want to go back to it now that I've finally beat it. Maybe I will just wait until I'm finished with the prescribed course. Thanks all for the input.


If you've already gotten this far, I'd just finish out and deal with the weight issue after. You've come so far, you don't want to mess that up now.

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gained weight when I quit smoking using chantix. Not because of the chantix I imagine, but because of my oral fixation that smoking used to take up.

The other thing that most people do not take into consideration--yes, part of it is an oral fixation/habit, but also physiological--nicotine increases the metabolism--that's why so many models smoke--it keeps their metabolisms reved. When you remove the nicotine, the metabolism slows down. Add in eating more to quell the oral fixation and you have a recipe for weight gain.

Congratulations on quitting and making the effort to quit. I tell my patients that if they had to choose, to stop smoking first. Then work on the weight loss. Smoking is deadly, and if ou're dead the weight issue becomes a non-issue.

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