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Posted 7/6/2013 7:55 PM (GMT 0)
Ok so after several years of UC I have decided to start smoking again. My question is pipe smoking or does the liquid nicotine vaping also help? Anyone with any experience with these?
Posted 7/6/2013 8:10 PM (GMT 0)
There are two schools of thought on using nicotine for the treatment of UC. One is that it is the nicotine that helps with UC as some studies show that nicotine patches help (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2014383/).

I have heard others state that it is something in the smoke along with the nicotine that help UC although I have not been able to find much scientific data on that assumption.

The article in the above link mentioned that 70% of people given a nicotine liquid enema had improvement. I would love to try a nicotine enema if they ever come out. I wonder if you could make your own?
Posted 7/6/2013 9:08 PM (GMT 0)
I have been using e-cig for years...it's what helped me quit smoking. The nictotine has not kept me from developing UC or from flaring. I use quite a lot of it, too. 3ml of 24 mg/ml per day.

I recently added 2 real cigs per day (tried 4 but couldn't handle that many) and I haven't felt this good in months.
Posted 7/6/2013 9:20 PM (GMT 0)
That's what ive been reading from most people Geeker. Looks like pipe it is.
Posted 7/8/2013 2:26 AM (GMT 0)
You don't inhale pipe smoke, do you? I am a former cigarette smoker. I'd never take that up again, but I could puff a pipe a few times a week. We have an excellent tobacconist in town. But does inhaling the smoke make a difference?
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