Making comments on “Freedom from Smoking”.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Jonathan Foulds, MA, MAppSci, PhD
As you may have noticed, like most blogs, the “Health Expert” blogs on Healthline provide the opportunity for readers to comment. I stated on my first post that I’d prefer this blog “to be a place where readers can ask questions, get answers, dialogue and share experiences, rather than just read what I have to say. So please feel free to post a reply, comment or just ask a question.”
When you make a comment on a blog posting (which you can do anonymously) it is sent electronically to a Healthline staff member and is also copied to me before it appears online. A little while ago I realized I hadn’t received any comments recently, and then suddenly received a barrage (over 25) all at once. I then noticed that most of them hadn’t been posted on the site (and still havn’t), but that some that were sent more recently had appeared online. Confused? Me too.
So what all this suggested is that the site is currently experiencing a few glitches with posting readers’ comments (outside of my control). So what I’m going to suggest is that readers continue to make comments (I believe they will be posted soon), and if I see ones that ask a question I think I can answer, I’ll do so directly in a blog, rather than wait for it to appear as a comment. My next post (on combining varenicline and bupropion) will be one of those “comment response” posts.
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2 Comments:
At Thu Apr 09, 02:02:00 PM 2009,
CJC said…
I am a 69 year old female who has smoked 2-3 packs a day for over 50 years. I want to stop, but cannot overcome the addiction. I have tried books, accupuncture, NRT, Chantix, Wellbutrin, hypnosis, cold turkey - did I miss anything?
Then I remembered- when I was first pregnant - even before I knew it - I got up one morning and just didn't want a cigarette. It lasted until I delivered, then I started again in the hospital. On my second pregnancy, the same thing happened, I told the MD I was pregant, and he said that I wasn't. Well I was, and the same thing happened again.
My question is, could it have something to do with the hcg hormone levels in early pregnancy or some combination of those and progesterone? It lasted throughout the pregnancy, but right after the delivery I was back to 2-3 packs a day. I would be willing to take hormone injections if that would help me to stop smoking.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
At Wed May 27, 05:26:00 AM 2009,
Jonathan Foulds, MA, MAppSci, PhD said…
CJC,
That is an interesting story. Certainly pregnancy, along with immediately after a heart attack, is one of the peak times for smokers to quit. But right now I'm not aware of any studies supporting use of hormone injections as a proven treatment. Just because you tried something once and it wasnt 100% successful doesnt mean its not worth trying again, or combining different treatment components (like counseling plus medication).
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