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- From: rwharris@unix0.ccit.arizona.edu (Robert W Harris)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: NICODERM
- Keywords: smoking
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.202812.20188@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 20:28:12 GMT
- Sender: news@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu
- Organization: University of Arizona UNIX Users Group
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- Can someone explain to me what makes the perscription of Nicoderm
- such a difficult perscription to obtain ?? I was smoking two packs
- a day and am trying to get started on the patches to quit smoking.
- The Doctor is refusing to give a perscription because I have the
- start of a blockage in my left leg. I have had a vascular profile
- done since then and consultation with a vascular surgeon. Concensus
- of opinion was that the condition does not warrant surgery but I do
- need to quit smoking, "OK thats what I started with but still no
- patches to help. Again the question, Is Nicoderm more dangerous to
- the vascular system than a two pack a day habit ???
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