Nicotinell Patch Review - I’ve quit smoking using nicotinell patches!
I quit smoking on 12th April 2008. Nicotinell supply 3 different patches on the program; 21mg, 14mg, and 7mg. They supply a higher amount of nicotine than other brands (for example niquitin cq patches are supplied as 15mg, 10mg, 5mg). It is recommended on the box that if you smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day you should start with the 21mg patches, so as I was quite a heavy smoker I did so. They were really helpful in the crucial first few weeks as the dose was high enough to curb most cravings (I had on average 2 moderate craves per day).
This really kept my mind off the nicotine withdrawl and gave me a chance to work on the psychological aspect of giving up smoking. I would really recommend taking up some sort of physical activity alongside giving up as my energy levels did increase quite a lot in the first month.
The main problem I had while using these patches was the dreams I had. They became particularly vivid as my body was being supplied with nicotine during the night. The dreams did happen less often though as I lowered the dosage. When lowering the dosage I only really felt a bit on edge and moody, but this subsided after a few days. The only other problem i had was when i applied the smaller step 3 patch it sometimes came off during exercising. I solved this problem by applying surgical spirit to where I put my patch on; it dries the area out a bit so the adheisive sticks better.
I would definetaly recommend the nicotinell patch programme to others, it has really made giving up smoking so much easier 
Nicotinell patches are available at online shops now. As for me the good one (service, discounts) is OPW.
