Nicotine to blunt hunger.

[Vageta]

I am one of the unlucky souls who has trouble with hunger even while on ECA, 5-HTP, etc.. That stuff usually works for about a week, but when the jittery side effects wear off so does the hunger satiation. I've been reading alot about nicotine's effect on hunger and would like to give it a try. I've done some searching on this site but there isn't much info out there so I have a few questions if anyone with experience can answer.

I would like to go the patch route for simplicity's sake, and because I don't want to have to remember to chew gum all the time. I've never smoked in my life and never plan to so obviously I won't need much nicotine to get the effect at first. My main question is regarding dosage via the patch. How much should I attempt to use in the beginning without causing myself to get sick? The only time I've ever had nicotine in my body was way back in high school when I attempted to chew some Skoal. I remember going to the mall and popping some in my mouth right before I went in. I almost immediately got the light headed "high" feeling and not long after I felt queasy for some time. After that experience I never tried it again.

Does anyone know how much nicotine is contained in a pinch of chew or a cigarette? And how long does it take to enter the system? I know the patch is supposedly a 24 hour time released dose so you would have to take a higher dose whereas the gum is probably released faster so you'd take less mg per dose.

At any rate I'd appreciate any feedback regarding the nicotine. I don't have an addictive personality so I don't think I'll have a problem with addiction. I plan on taking days off of it anyways so that my body doesn't become too accustomed to having the nicotine.

 

[Enock]

I'm not sure, I used the gun 4mg pieces (more conomical)

but even at 1st half a piece made me light headed (still does a bit)


I think the gums not bad, the way i see no need to remember, just don't use it untill your hungry then just have enuf will power for 3 minutes or so to grab the gum instead of some food.

ina few bye bye appetite.


What I wanna know is, does nocotine reduce the stim of caffine?

I wanna go off ECA to get the amp back for maxouts.

But I want nicotine to control hunger, but I dunno if its gonna kill the point of going off EC

 

[nclifter6feet6]

it works but its not worth what you pay

 

[LaviathanX]

Try HCA (it's in Hydroxycut) and just drink lots and lots of water. Try eating heaps of sugar-free Jell-O, too. Fills me up whenever I want to eat junk food. Either that or I just don't buy junk food to begin with.

 

[grafix-GNC]

i used to smoke, it did supress my appetite, but it really isnt worth it, will power is your best weapon, not nicotine

 

[ungbygger]

I stopped smoking, 30 days ago.. Also i got some nicotine gum ( they come in 2mg and 4mg here).

4mg is actually alot of nicotine, considering the blend i smoked (Prince) which is a strong blend, with alot of nicotine contains about 1mg..

After smoking 30-40 a day for some years, one 4mg gum made me light-headed..

I would go for the 2mg or the patches..

 

[Vageta]

I ended up going with the patches. Bought the 21mg patch and cut them in half so they were 10.5mg doses. Been using them all week, put one on in the morning and take it off before bedtime. Can't really say I noticed any difference in the way I felt but it did seem to blunt a little of my hunger, though it seemed only mildly helpful. I'm thinking the gum may be a better choice in the end only because it is stronger and faster acting than the patch. I am going to try the full 21mg patch but even then that works out to less than 1mg over a 24 hour period.

A quick note, the patches are pretty cheap if you go to K-Mart. They have the store brand at about half of the price of the name brands so you don't end up spending all that much. Unfortunately they don't have store brand gum and that shit is expensive. If the full 21mg dose doesn't do it for me I'm going to try the gum and only at the times I need it. I'm assuming that the higher dose of nicotine released at one time will do better to blunt the true carb cravings and hunger. My only question is how long does the hunger blunting last after say a 2mg nicotine dose? Is it temporary or does it last for say an hour or so?

Also I don't feel any addictive nature at this point. I had to drive out of town today and forgot to put on my patch. I didn't feel "need" to have the patch at all and I had been using it almost a week before-hand. I think some people are more easily addicted to nicotine than others which is why some can quit smoking much easier than others who are far more dependant.

 

[TinyTim]

Also I don't feel any addictive nature at this point. I had to drive out of town today and forgot to put on my patch. I didn't feel "need" to have the patch at all and I had been using it almost a week before-hand. I think some people are more easily addicted to nicotine than others which is why some can quit smoking much easier than others who are far more dependant.

It took me years to realy get addicted to nicotine. Its not like some crack head thing where you start sticking up 7-11's to get your fix. Its alot more subversive than that. It just kinda slowly works its way in and all of a sudden its part of your life. Just keep one eye on it.