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Scared of nicotine replacement therapy

Scared of nicotine replacement therapy

Posted By Heather  on January 18, 1999 at 18:01:14:







Hello
I'm a 23 year-old white female who really needs to quit smoking. I have had chest pains and palpitations for 6 years and I know that smoking is not helping this problem at all, (and in fact may be causing it).  I Have MVP and possible coronary artery spasm and therefore, I'm really freaked out when I read that you shouldn't take nicotine gum or the patch if you have heart problems...(trust me-I understand the irony of the fact that I smoke).  Somehow I've come to equate smoking with being healthy enough to smoke.  If I can't smoke then I must be pretty bad off. Sick and twisted logic.  Anyway..would the patch or gum be o.k.? If I start having palpitations with this stuff I will freak out.
Thanks
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