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Suggest Remedy For Gutkha Addiction

Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...Sir i am working as a project engineer in gov. power project company and i have to travel a lot across india alone. as a i m alone in the travel i started eating gutkha. sir how can i get releave from it?
Thu, 4 Sep 2014
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Hi,
Thanks for using HealthCareMagic.

To get rid of gutkha first and the foremost need is motivation and willingness to quit.
Many person can quit with only motivation that gutkha is not good for health and I want to quit. They even do not require any medicines.

Just count total spent money in a year for gutkha and think what you can do with that for your children or for the society.
With wasting money you are getting chances of having oral cancer, gastrointestinal tract cancer and submucus fibrosis(not able to open the mouth).For treatment of this you will have to spend lots of money.
I don't know any advantage of gutkha.You can use chewing gum or ilayachi to put in mouth instead gutkha.

If you stop and feel withdrawal features like uneasiness,tremors, low feeling, constipation and which you can not tolerate , you can consult psychiatrist for deaddiction.

Propranolol, benzodiazepines and bupropion can be used for treatment according to your complaints.

If you can tolerate your symptoms, it will decrease in severity gradually and you will not have any complaint after a week.
All the best.

Hope I have answered your query.
Regards,
Dr.Chintan Solanki.
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Suggest Remedy For Gutkha Addiction

Hi, Thanks for using HealthCareMagic. To get rid of gutkha first and the foremost need is motivation and willingness to quit. Many person can quit with only motivation that gutkha is not good for health and I want to quit. They even do not require any medicines. Just count total spent money in a year for gutkha and think what you can do with that for your children or for the society. With wasting money you are getting chances of having oral cancer, gastrointestinal tract cancer and submucus fibrosis(not able to open the mouth).For treatment of this you will have to spend lots of money. I don t know any advantage of gutkha.You can use chewing gum or ilayachi to put in mouth instead gutkha. If you stop and feel withdrawal features like uneasiness,tremors, low feeling, constipation and which you can not tolerate , you can consult psychiatrist for deaddiction. Propranolol, benzodiazepines and bupropion can be used for treatment according to your complaints. If you can tolerate your symptoms, it will decrease in severity gradually and you will not have any complaint after a week. All the best. Hope I have answered your query. Regards, Dr.Chintan Solanki.