Patch and Gum together?

[Ralph1955]

I’ve been on the patch for 17 days now and wondering if I can use nicotine gum as well for the difficult times. 

[JonesCarpeDiem]

Are you on the correct dosage of the patch?

[JonesCarpeDiem]

How many cigarettes were you smoking a day when you quit?

[JonesCarpeDiem]

each cigarette delivered 1mg of nicotine so, a 4mg gum = 4 cigarettes

[JonesCarpeDiem]

So "for when things get tough"

If you are getting the correct dosage of nicotine from the patch,

are you going to pop 4 cigarettes worth of gum just because you think you need it?

It's the ritual you are missing.

dosing yourself with more nicotine does nothing to assuage the ritual.

[JonesCarpeDiem]

The experts will say, yeah, go ahead and get addicted to the gum.

Make that your new psychological and physical addiction.

I'm just talking common sense here.

You do whatever you want. 

[Ralph1955]

About 20-25

[Ralph1955]

Yes 21 msg for 2 weeks now 

[JonesCarpeDiem]

Ok so even if you were smoking 25, after 2 weeks of 21mg, your body has acclimated to 21.

So if it's acclimated to 21, why would you want to feed it extra nicotine?

[Barbara145]

You sure can add the gum.  The experts at Mayo Clinic recommend 2 types of NRT if needed.  I used the patch and gum.  I personally got addicted to the gum.  Only 3% to 5% get addicted to any NRT.  Whatever it takes to never put another cigarette to your lips.  You are doing this.  Great job.