Smoking cessation treatment is able to help smokers to get rid of their smoking habit. Being a smoker is not a good thing at all because it is addictive, wasteful and deteriorates one’s health. Breaking the smoking habit can takes a long time to accomplish. Nonetheless, this particular treatment has some disadvantages. It is because that some medicines used during the therapy might be bringing side effects to the consumers. Therefore, most common side effects are including:
Diarrhea
Gingivitis
Chest pain
Back pain
Headache and dizziness
Polyuria (excessive urination)
Menstrual disorder on women
Hypertension
Weight gain and the lowering of blood sugar levels
Anxiety, depression and emotional disorder
What causes the side effects in the body?
The side effects result from the chemical reactions in the body. After years of smoking, nicotine (a common drug compound that is found in cigarettes) is able to penetrate the body system. Thus, after breaking the smoking habit, the body reacts as if the body is absorbing nicotine. Such reaction of the body is normal as it undergoes the process of cleansing itself and should not be a major problem to the smoker.
These disadvantages, as a result of the side effects, should not be discouraged one from starting a quit smoking therapy. There are certain methods to overcome the side effects. In fact, these side effects are easy to be treated. Medications can be used against diarrhea, gingivitis, chest pain, and so on and so forth. On the other hand, weight gain can be controlled by doing exercise.