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Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD Key Takeaways Nicotine has a half-life of about two hours and can stay in the blood for about one to three days. Cotinine, a byproduct of nicotine, has a ...

If you are quitting smoking, you may develop symptoms like coughing and fatigue, called "smoker's flu." Nicotine replacement therapy can ease smoker's flu and other withdrawal symptoms. You can try ...

Sarah Chavarria walked into a meeting with her board of directors, sat down and said: “We need to talk about menopause.” Never mind that the board was almost all older men at that 2023 meeting, one of ...

But the more active she got, the more trouble she had breathing, an ailment she thought was supposed to end when she gave up the cigarettes. Finally she went to see her doctor. "He told me I had ...

Phillipa Munari started antidepressants in 2003. Her doctor recommended one, she said, after she complained of feeling tired. She didn't think it helped, but she kept taking it anyway. When she ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2022, the majority of the 28.8 million U.S. adults who smoked cigarettes wanted to quit; approximately half had tried to quit ...

The symptoms can include nerve pain, emotional numbness and sexual dysfunction and can last for years after stopping the drugs. Patients are... After quitting antidepressants, some people suffer ...