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Be careful if the pills they gave you are called Chantix. It made me have vivid dreams every night. Which after a week of no real sleep I was fried. Plus I'm not sure if it was the lack of sleep or the meds. that caused me to be extremely aggitated. As far as the medical field not treating smokers. That sounds about right. It will start with that then go on to the drinkers, the over weight etc. Until all they'll treat is the healthy! Which sounds really dumb doesn't it. Those folks don't need a Dr. Huh. Maybe they'll all lose there jobs for lack of work!!!!!!!

lovelyhair,

doctors do take an oath to take care of you. There is a verbal agreement between you and the dr. He will take care of you to the best of his ability and you will follow his orders. They have that right. IF you want you can see another physician. I have twenty years experience in the medical field and working in doctor offices for twenty years I have come across that experience with other patients. They are only looking out for yourself. Depending on what they were treating you for. Good luck

Surprised they didn't tell you to lay off the
cupcakes also.

lovely hair, I also have a Rx for Chantix, I am dying to take it but cannot afford it. I am not sure how many pills are even in the starter pack, it's well over $100, you probably know this. Can you tell me how many ARE in the starter pack or the actual cost to be on the medication monthly? This pill is suppose to make you sick as long as you are still smoking.

I have a friend who is a chain smoker and is on OXYGEN. She cannot even get up and walk across the room without taking a break. (She is 34yrs. old and slim) She was told over a month ago that if she did not quit she would probably not see the end of this year. She has previously tried everything on the market. Chantix HAS WORKED for her! She says that the sick feeling goes away after you are completely nicotine free. But, until then you will get sicker and sicker when you do smoke. That is what it is known for. Also, to beat the night time problems you can take Melatonin which is an all natural herbal supplement that you can purchase at any drug store for under $5.oo and you will get around 100 tablets. You can even choose to take one to two tablets around 30 minutes before bed. I take Melatonin due to medication causing wakefulness and horrible dreams. It has been a blessing! When you wake up in the morning you feel great too. No drowsy feeling left over. I hope this information helps you a little!

As for the doctor refusing medical treatment I would love to know where this clinic is. I work in the medical field and have never heard of such a thing and I am not sure if they could legally back

nikkiatumn, I did not pay for the pills, they are given to me free becuse this is a free clinic as I said before, I have o medical or insurance coverage. To answer your question though there is 11 pills ...day 1 -3 take one daily then day 4-7 take 2 daily, one in the morning and one at night.They do make me kinda of sick to my stomach, but I just hang in there.Chantix 0.5 mg. So I hope I answered yur question but I dont know if all starter packs are the same though.

Fafafooey: You do have a point but its my life and if I chose to smoke then thats on me, no doctor or free clinic should be able to make you stop smoking if you want treated, that is unfair in my book and like I said before I am on thses pills called Chantix to stop smoking that the free clinic gave me so I guess for right now I do care about my health cuz I am not smoking but when I stop going to the clinic I will start up again.

fafafooey: I am sure at one time or another in your life you have had hard times, which that i am going through right now and its not really any of anyones business but mine, just for the records I dont BUY my smokes....My friends buy them for me, you know like friends helping friends or people in need, dont know about you and your friends but we take care of each other during hard times. my group of friends we are there for each other during good, happy, sad, and yes even hard times. So do have a good evening,You see all my friends are smokers!!!!! So we like to puff away, got to make up for all the non smokers out there seeing how of the smoking band.