How One Shot Can Make You Quit Smoking

August 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

What is stop smoking shot? It injects certain drugs into your hip and ears, which may overcome your craving for cigarette. It uses scopolamine and atropine. When these drugs are in your body, they trigger the production of endorphins, which puts you in euphoria. This replaces your craving for nicotine with endorphins. The operators of the smoking cessation clinics believe that one shot can make you quit smoking for a long time. But could it be a scam?

Many smokers who plan to quit are skeptical over this method for some obvious reasons.

Does any health authority validate their researches or claims?
Can you rely on the personal testimonials of those who successfully quit smoking?
Do they have any statistics from double-blind tests?

They claim to use FDA-approved drugs but be aware that these drugs are only approved for certain medical conditions with the exception of quitting smoking. Now let’s examine these two drugs used in the treatment.

Scopolamine comes from Deadly Nightshade and other datura family members. Doctors use it to motion sickness. It is also used for illegal purposes. One of them is date rape as it can cause retrograde amnesia.

Atropine originates from belladonna and other related plants. It helps to dilate your eyes when you attend an eye examination.

I don’t know how these drugs work in helping you to stop smoking. It just baffles me. However, these prescribed drugs need close supervision as they come with warnings and restrictions.

The operators claim that you only need one shot to stop smoking. It is unlikely that you need more than one injection. Even if you need another shot, it only takes a single follow up shot to end your bad habit.

What Happen After You Receive One Shot

When the therapy is over, they will give you some medicines. They may contain barbiturates but in low dosage. They will advise you to take them for two weeks. You also need to wear patches behind your ear for six days.

After the treatment, you usually feel exhausted that you just want to sleep. Therefore, you should bring someone along with you to the clinic so that you don’t have to drive home alone. You should have no desire to smoke the moment you wake up from your sleep.

My Thoughts On One Shot

Some people feel that the treatment costs too much, which is between $300 and $450. Well, if it can help you to get rid of your smoking habit, then it is worth it. Otherwise, you are just throwing your money away.

Whether one shot can help you to quit smoking or not, I can’t say. It works for some people. Although the drugs they use are dangerous, compare them to the nicotine that you have consumed all these years. Is it worthwhile to consider this treatment if the potential benefits of the treatment exceed the risks of these drugs? I leave it to you.