Live Event | The Pill Only Works If You Take it

[CommunityAdmin]

When: 3/1/2023 at Noon Eastern / 11 am Central / 9 am Pacific

Join us for a casual chat about quitting tobacco and the challenges of medication management. Jon and Tim from the Mayo Nicotine Dependence Center will be sharing their expertise and answering your questions. This is your chance to hear from the pros and get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to kick the habit for good. So come with questions or post them below. Register now and let's talk about quitting tobacco together.

Ask your question* in the comments below. Jon and Tim will address some of the questions during the event. They'll respond later to questions they didn't get to during the event.

Video will be posted at a later date. 

*Please ensure to not include any personally identifiable information or personal health information when asking your question.

About Dr. Timothy Milbrandt, MS , CTTS, LMFT

Tim developed his passion for providing tobacco treatment and education during his first stint at the Nicotine Dependence Center from 2006-2017. He returned to the NDC in 2021 and is thrilled to be back doing this important work once again.

He finds great satisfaction in connecting with patients in their quest to become and stay tobacco-free and also in providing education and training to professionals focused on tobacco treatment.

Tim is a certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist, a Wellness Coach and is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). His training and experience is as a counselor and therapist with some teaching in higher education thrown in for good measure. He has a master’s degree and is licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist.

About Jon O. Ebbert, MD, MSc

Jon is the Medical Director for the Nicotine Dependence Center at Mayo Clinic and a Professor of Medicine with over 270 publications predominantly in the area of addiction medicine and tobacco treatment. He maintains an active clinical practice through which he provides telemedicine care to rural areas of Minnesota.

[trish4801]

I deal with the pains of RA. I'm scared that quitting while dealing with RA will cause me to slip.

Also, concerned with possible interactions with my RA medicines and quitting smoking, but I'm not sure I can quit cold turkey. 

I just had my right shoulder replaced and need right knee replaced. Surgeon won't touch knee till I can test nicotine free so using a nicotine replacement aid is out. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. 

[Barbscloud]

@CommunityAdmin From my perspective there is too much anti-aids propaganda to help with quits on the site.  I wish with this would be discussed so quitters aren't meant to feel guilty that they'll become addicted to NRT.  

And there are many quitters that come to the site with psychological issues.  The responses here often don't  apply to quitters dealing with these kind issues.  A canned response probably doesn't apply to them.  Most of us haven't been there!

Barb

[CommunityAdmin]

@trish4801 

Thanks. I'll share this with Dr. Ebbert and Tim for our call tomorrow. 

@Barbscloud Thanks for your post. Agreed that people shouldn't be made to feel guilty about their choice to use Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) if that is going to help them be successful. As for your post about your feeling about their being propoganda on the site.  I'd be happy to have a conversation with you directly about it as this is not the post/venue to discuss that topic.

[Barbscloud]

@CommunityAdmin Sent a PM

[CommunityAdmin]

@Steelers4 Wanted you to see this Live Event as well since you expressed similar concern to @trish4801 about using quit aids prior to your surgery.

Hoping you can join the live event later today and listen in with @Dr_Ebbert and @MikeBurke (filling in for @TimMilbrandt ).

[Dr_Ebbert]

Cotinine is the chemical ("metabolite") that breaks down from nicotine in your body. Nicotine is in nicotine replacement therapy and in tobacco. If you need to be tested prior to surgery to prove you are not using tobacco, your surgeon or internist can order a "Nicotine and Metabolites, Urine" to look for substances that can tell the difference between somebody using tobacco and somebody using only nicotine replacement therapy. Not every medical center will have this test. Mayo Clinic does provide this test for other institutions: NICOU - Overview: Nicotine and Metabolites, Random, Urine (mayocliniclabs.com)

[Steelers4]

Dear Dr. Ebbert I will call the Cleveland clinic asap when they open .  I will speak to the female that is being hard on testing me.  I already told her I am using your website and acused her of not caring of my continued health after the surgery.  I told her I had to be on the nasal spray 3-6 months to be able to quit smoking.  So I told her I would test positive for nicotine.  She did not evan know about cotine until I told her.  Thank you for your info

[Barbscloud]

@Dr_Ebbert Thank you for sharing this.  I'm glad I asked @CommunityAdmin about this.

I've read this before, but apparently even health care workers aren't aware of this.  

Barb

[Steelers4]

They put my hip replacement back 1 month and I can barely walk now so it is evan harder to quit.  You know these younger nures only see black and white and do not understand b/c they are fortunate and did not smoke.  If I could have surgery somewhere else I would b/c of the b.s.  I never went thr this before at this hospital.  Maybe it is just the surgons orders I do not know>