Today I started equate nicotine patches. I've done really well today with them but I have a slight headache. Does anyone know if this is a good nicotine patch or do you have advice for something else. The reason I got this over the counter at Walmart is because my insurance wouldn't cover the prescription patches
I am sure the generic patches are fine. Just be sure you match their strength to the amount of nicotine you were getting when you smoked. Each cigarette was about 1 mg of nicotine - so if you smoked 20 a day, you should be using the 21 mg patches.
Thanks for your feedback, I wasn't sure that I posted this right and post it again off my profile, I see that it did work the first time.
I talk to the pharmacist at Walmart and explain to him how much I smoked and and how many years that I had smoked. He told me to get 21 mg and you use one patch for 24 hours
You also have a reply to your other question on this subject from Barbara145. I did not use the patch but it makes sense to me that you would want to move it around just in case you get skin irritation. My daughter used the patch and she took it off at bedtime and replaced it first thing in the morning because when she left it on at night she had really vivid and disturbing dreams. I don't know if that happens to everyone or not.
