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Posted 9/17/2014 1:57 PM (GMT 0)
I started electronic cigarettes 5 days ago to try and control my Ulcerative Colitis symptoms, has this worked for anyone, if so how long has did it take to see effects?

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Posted 9/17/2014 2:44 PM (GMT 0)
There are so many posts on this subject, and on nicotine, that you're really doing yourself a disservice by not doing a simple search. In short, it seems to work for some, and not others. Also, most people here would agree that nicotine from sources other than actual cigarettes might help those who never smoked prior to UC, but that it doesn't generally do much for former smokers.
Posted 9/17/2014 4:23 PM (GMT 0)
I have researched, and from what I've read it was opposite, works for ex smokers but not fit non smokers. I c you are a former smoker, have you personally tried this? Just curious.
Posted 9/17/2014 5:56 PM (GMT 0)

bsimp said...
I have researched, and from what I've read it was opposite, works for ex smokers but not fit non smokers. I c you are a former smoker, have you personally tried this? Just curious.

In General:
Going back to smoking works for ex-smokers, while other forms of nicotine do not. Non-smoked forms of nicotine (gum, lozenges, patch, inhalers) work for those who never smoked.

Nothing is axiomatic about this disease, but those are the general trends.

I tried gum and lozenges, with little relief.
Posted 9/17/2014 6:11 PM (GMT 0)
Basically if you were a hard core smoker, patches, gum, and e-cigs probably wont put you in remission, its seemingly a combo of the nicotine and something else in the actual ciggie that does the trick...but for people that have never smoked, patches, gum, e-cigs are all worth trying... if your at the end of your tether.

I smoked a lot for years, and when I stopped in Feb 2013 I immediately went onto the e-cig, a year later I got UC..that's my experience with nicotine.
Posted 9/17/2014 6:45 PM (GMT 0)
I was a "hard core smoker" for fifty years before quitting, but maintaining my habit with lozenges. Then I finally kicked the habit altogether... and came down with UC.

After several years of mostly moderate to sever flaring, and reading the literature on nicotine helping UC I bought a package of lozenges, and found some relief within a couple of days, and was in complete remission in about a week.

After a few months of just using lozenges, I discovered e-cigs and tried supplementing the lozenges with them. It seemed to work so I gradually shifted to those and occasionally supplemented them with lozenges (I like the minis).

With the exception of a minor two month flare, I have been in remission for about five years now.

Now I'm a "hard core" vaper. Works for me!
Posted 9/17/2014 8:01 PM (GMT 0)
Ill echo the other comments in that usually patches/ecig etc dont generally help an ex-smoker.

I got UC about 4 months after quitting smoking. I smoked for 10+ years.

I did try ecig for my UC, by even using high nicotine cartridges I found I would have to be sucking on it constantly to get the same nicotine levels as smoking even half a pack a day. Ecig did nothing for me.

A week before my surgery I started smoking again. (Yes, im an idiot.)
And have been since returning home. A lot at first and very little now.
I still have about half my sigmoid colon and my full rectum. I have mucous and pain/tenesmus and occasionally blood. No urgency.
Smoking again has done nothing to help my remaining UC.
actually it gives me urgency to smoke. And some pain. The couple mucous accidents I have had in the last two months were right after lighting up a smoke. :/

But I still believe in nicotine therapy for non-smokers.
Bananagirl has had amazing results. And I also know someone on Twitter whowas a light smoker and now uses ecig and very little medication to stay in remission.

Everyone is different! Hope you get some relief.
do a search on here for the exact mg of nicotine others have found helpful :)
Posted 9/17/2014 10:08 PM (GMT 0)
Former smoker and heavy vaper for 6 years...nicotine does not help my flares but two daily cigarettes do (oh, how I loathe them).
Posted 9/18/2014 1:35 AM (GMT 0)
Hey guys thanks for the input! I'll keep this updated, so far I haven't seen any relief from the ecigs, Ben using them for about 5 days. I really do not want to go back to smoking cigarettes again so if this doesn't work I guess I'll just have to live with it. I've been flaring for about 3 weeks, I had 3 days where I was gig Thanks to anucort, but I was only on anucort for 6 days and then 2 days after stopping it cane back immediately.
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