• frog_brawler@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I smoked from the time I was 15, until I was 33. I got a prescription for something called Chantix that worked really well for me to quit permanently.

    It worked well for a few people I knew, but one guy said it made him really depressed / suicidal.

    Chantix isn’t available anymore because of something that was in it that might cause cancer, but there’s a generic form of it called varenicline that may or may not be available in your country. Ask your doctor maybe if there’s a pill that will help you quit.

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      4 days ago

      Yeah, this worked well for me, too. The generic one you mention also had less side effects for me. There’s still the vivid dreams / nightmares, but less intense.

      From Chantix /Champix I recollect the spider dreams and floor crumbling beneath me.

      But hey, anything to quit smoking.