I have been using e-cigarettes in conjunction with Commit lozenges since September, and I find them to be effective in maintaining remission. Actually after two months of 60 mg/day of Pred with no relief, the Commits were what finally put me into remission. I finally tapered off the Pred on Christmas day, and have been on Colazol (4 caps 2Xd) and nicotine since.
After being on Commits alone for a couple of weeks I decided to try the e-cigs, and ordered a starter kit and extra cartridges. I just Googled e-Cigarette, and came up with a plethora links. Wading through all the spam and self serving reviews was a bit of a challenge, and I'm not sure I chose the best ones, but I know I didn't choose the worst. I use a brand called "Revo" at http://www.shop.revocigs.com/ , and I bought the "Volt" model. Later I bought another starter kit from a company in Canada called "Instead" and found them to be very much inferior to the Revo ones. I do buy the nicotine "juice" from them and refill the Revo cartridges with it.
I find my e-cigs psychologically more satisfying and orders of magnitude less expensive than the Commits, and use them almost exclusively when I am able. In the course of my work, I am required to sit in very many meetings, and it is unacceptable to be sucking on an e-cig in a meeting, so I still use the Commits for that, but at my desk, and when out or at home, it's e-cigs.
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I am convinced that nicotine may be helpful for those of us who fit the profile of having onset of UC one to four years after giving up smoking, however it does not work for everyone, especially life long non-smokers. One size does NOT fit all, and if you have never, or only experimentally smoked when younger, I do NOT recommend nicotine as a treatment for UC. If you are like me and fit the profile exactly it may help, but at the risk of becoming re-addicted to nicotine.
Post Edited (wodin) : 2/6/2010 12:01:05 PM (GMT-7)