Smoking is one of those bad habits that is quite difficult to break. First of all psychologically. However, for the sake of your own health, you should try to do this. Those who have already done this know firsthand that even after giving up cigarettes, the craving for tobacco remains. How can we overcome it?
In this case, modern drugs will come to the rescue. Including Tabex. These are natural nicotine tablets that help reduce the craving for smoking. And this article will look at real reviews from smokers about Tabex. A detailed analysis of its reaction to the human body will also be carried out.
Review of smokers' reviews
Reviews from smokers about Tabex are often positive. Many claim that the product actually helps quit smoking. As a rule, the bad habit goes away on the third day of treatment, and then a characteristic aversion to the smell of smoke appears.
Some smokers leave reviews noting that excessive heartbeat appears during treatment. Patients are also advised to drink more water as soon as the urge to smoke arises. Sometimes you can come across reviews of this kind that Tabex does not help cope with the problem. But, as it turns out, people simply took the drug while continuing to smoke a lot.
Opened package of Tabex
Compound
Anti-smoking tablets Tabex have a round shape, which is covered with a thin film shell of beige color, in dark or light shades. The anti-nicotine product is produced in Bulgaria.
If we consider the composition of Tabex, we can highlight the main active ingredient – cytisine. This is an alkaloid, a high content of which is found in the seeds of the plant Thermopsis lanceolifolia and Russian broom. One tablet of the drug contains 1.5 mg of this useful component. Typically, it is used as a respiratory analeptic.
The nicotine product also includes a component such as lactose monohydrate. Manufacturers use it as a sweetener.
Description
What Tabex tablets help with is described in detail in the instructions for the drug. As the manufacturer of the product (Bulgarian) indicates, using it in the indicated dosages will help eliminate nicotine addiction in a short time.
The active ingredient of Tabex, cytisine, is extracted from plant materials. When ingested, Tabex acts in the same way as nicotine, working with similar nerve receptors. It causes an increase in blood pressure and accelerates the production of adrenaline. It is an antagonist, therefore it blocks the effect of nicotine during smoking, which reduces the degree of addiction.
Tabex
How do the pills work?
How Tabex tablets work is quite easy to figure out. Cytisine in this product affects the body like nicotine. This means that he:
- stimulates nicotinic receptors of the central nervous system;
- provokes the release of adrenaline;
- helps increase blood pressure.
That is why after taking one tablet the patient feels as if he had recently smoked a cigarette. If you look into the past, you can find some interesting details. The leaves of the plants listed in the previous section, mainly broom, were used as a tobacco substitute during World War II. The plant even got its own name - “fake tobacco”.
This, perhaps, is the main effect of Tabex. But cytisine does not cause strong cravings. On the contrary, this substance deceives the smoker’s body, creating an imaginary overdose of tobacco. This means that he wants to smoke less. In addition, nicotine dependence noticeably decreases over time, and the need for tobacco itself disappears.
The great advantage of Tabex is that it reduces depressive symptoms that are observed in people who quit smoking.
Why don't Tabex smoking pills help?
As you know, addiction to cigarettes, or more precisely to nicotine, has two aspects: physiological and psychological. The same can be said about any other addiction, but in the case of tobacco there is one peculiarity: in this case, the addiction is 99% psychological.
The “withdrawal” that manufacturers of drugs and other means of getting rid of addiction to cigarettes are so afraid of is a common myth. Of course, weaning off nicotine creates slight physical discomfort, but all the unpleasant effects disappear in just a week, and many do not notice them at all. What those who quit smoking by force call “withdrawal” are largely psychological effects associated with irritation and tension, since a person wants to smoke, but he cannot, he is not allowed. This is why medications that help “overcome withdrawal symptoms” are ineffective. Yes, they really alleviate this condition, which is confirmed by most reviews from smokers, but they do not fight psychological addiction in any way. Now do you understand why, a year after taking a course of Tabex tablets, only 7% of people remained non-smokers?
Psychological dependence on cigarettes remained with them. At first, they held on thanks to the memory of the unpleasant sensations that arose due to the interaction of nicotine and cytisine. But the bad is forgotten, and the memories of how pleasant it was to chat with friends while inhaling tobacco smoke remain. And it doesn’t matter how you drink Tabex - right or wrong, because to quit smoking you need to look for another method.
Contraindications
But not in all cases the drug should be taken. There are a number of contraindications when it is best to refuse Tabex:
- arrhythmia;
- arterial hypertension;
- asthma (usually bronchial);
- pregnancy, as well as lactation period;
- intolerance to the active substance, as well as other components of the composition;
- a recent stroke that the person suffered before one year;
- unstable form of angina;
- peptic ulcer of the stomach, duodenum.
Online consultation
24.09.2011
safaryan david valerivich you can drink alcohol while taking (Tabex)
Doctor's answer
: The use of Tabex is not a contraindication for drinking alcohol, but I do not recommend that you drink it in large quantities, otherwise you will mistake alcohol intoxication for the side effects of the drug.
24.09.2011
Evgeniy Hello! If I understand correctly, then taking the tablets will continue for 25 days, while reducing the number of tablets. And how many cigarettes can you smoke starting from the first day of taking Tabex? Do you need to reduce the number of cigarettes every day? And Is it possible to smoke at all?
Doctor's answer
: You understood everything correctly. The mechanism of action of Tabex is close to the mechanism of action of nicotine, which makes it possible to gradually quit smoking. Every day the number of cigarettes smoked should decrease, and on the 5th day of taking the drug you should completely stop smoking.
23.09.2011
Anna I take Tabex.
Today is day 5. I couldn’t give up smoking completely, but the number of cigarettes I smoked decreased significantly (I smoke more than once every 30-60 minutes, but 0.5 cigarettes every 3-4 hours).rnIs there any point in continuing treatment according to the indicated regimen? Or you need to stop taking it (I wouldn’t want to, because there is a positive effect)rnrnSmoking experience: 23 years. The number of cigarettes smoked per day is slightly more than 1 pack. Attempts to ask to smoke using a patch, acupuncture, and Alan Carr were unsuccessful. Doctor's answer
: Taking the drug while continuing to smoke can lead to nicotine intoxication.
22.09.2011
Volkova Tanya Hello!
I'm trying to quit smoking, I'm on my third day. Today it was hard to hold on, and to reduce the desire to smoke, I took one Tabex tablet. But, to be honest, I somehow doubt that I did the right thing - after all, you can’t take it if you’re trying to quit without it in the first place? That is, I did not drink it, as it is written in the instructions, in parallel with smoking, but simply took a pill to reduce what is apparently called “otabax syndrome.” But I have had a duodenal ulcer in the past. Will taking this cause drug exacerbation. Doctor's answer
: Taking Tabex is contraindicated only during exacerbation of peptic ulcer disease.
21.09.2011
Borsch Natalia Aleksandrovna Good day!
My husband and I are planning a pregnancy, and he is now taking Tabcex to quit smoking, how long after taking this drug can you get pregnant? Thanks in advance! Doctor's answer
: Tabex is not recommended for pregnant women; let your husband complete the course of treatment so that there is no toxic effect of nicotine on sperm.
17.09.2011
Evsyukova Anna Igorevna Is it possible to use it in the early stages of pregnancy?
Doctor's answer
: No, it can affect the fetus.
16.09.2011
oksana how can the combined use of the drug TABEX and oral contraceptives (Yarina) affect the treatment
? Doctor’s answer
: these drugs can be used together
15.09.2011
Lebedev Anton Borisovich Good afternoon!
Can Tabex be used if a person has bronchial asthma? Doctor's answer
: Bronchial asthma is a contraindication for the use of Tabex
14.09.2011
Natalya Hello!
Tell me, are there any contraindications for taking the pills? I didn't find any information. Doctor's answer
: Yes. These are severe diseases of the cardiovascular system, bronchial asthma, pregnancy, lactation, exacerbation of peptic ulcers. Write what you suffer from.
13.09.2011
Aziz mne 22 years.
8 let uje kuryu, I have gastrit, mojno mne TABEKS or net chto bi brosit, ochen xochu brosit. sam ne mogu, nervi rabota. tabletka pomojet, skajite pojaluysta. spasibo Doctor's answer
: You can take Tabex, just take it exactly according to the instructions.
09.09.2011
Tarasova Daria Mikhailovna Is it possible to start taking Tabex tablets after smoking?
Doctor's answer
: YES, but on the 5th day of taking Tabex you need to completely give up cigarettes.
06.09.2011
Andrey Good afternoon, I am asking for advice. I have slight spasms of cerebral vessels, I take TANAKAN and Nervohel, tell me, is it possible to combine these drugs and the condition with taking TABEX? Another question is how strong is the effect of TABEX on the liver? Thank you in advance for your quick response. It's time to take another pill, but I'm tormented by doubts
