There is side and health effects associated with the use of nicotine gum to quit smoking that can be successful, but it can also be dangerous or annoying. This is because the side effects can be mild, but annoying like hiccups, which are a common side effect.
The more dangerous side effects are similar to those that can occur from smoking cigarette, because it is still a way of putting nicotine into the body. There are people that should not use this method to stop smoking like people that have heart disease, kidney disease and other medical conditions. The dangerous side effects of nicotine gum can be hair loss, loss of muscle control, and birth defects.
Long term use of this gum can cause decreases in blood flow in the body, which is how it can cause hair loss in both men and women. Using nicotine based gum in early pregnancy can cause birth defects and using it after the birth of the infant if breast feeding it can cause toxic nicotine poisoning to the infant. This means it is not a method to quit smoking that a woman who is pregnant or that is breast feeding to keep the infant safe. |