Typically one treatment is all that is necessary
and 75% of patients quit with one treatment. Overall 4 out of 5 patients
will quit with Auriculotherapy. Auriculotherapy will get you 75% of the
way to getting over the addiction. You will be left with about 25% of
the cravings. You should have no problem dealing with this. This is why
even with Auriculotherapy you have to be willing to quit. You will have
to have motivation. For those not ready to quit, you will cave at the
very slightest craving. If you are thinking about Auriculotherapy for
smoking cessation or any other addiction, be prepared to want to quit.
There
a two parts to an addiction. One is physical or physiological and the
other is psychological. Auriculotherapy deals with the physical
addiction or rather the body’s actually craving for the substance. If
you ever seen an alcoholic go though withdrawal then you can understand
what I mean. With alcohol withdrawal patients can develop delirium
tremens or what is more commonly known as the “DT’s'” The DT’s include
profound confusion, disorientation, hallucinations, hyperactivity, and
extreme cardiovascular disturbances. This is the body’s symptoms of
physical withdraw from the substance. Psychological dependence with
nicotine includes many associations you have developed such as having a
cigarette first thing in the morning, with coffee or having a cigarette
after you eat. This psychological portion of the addiction will still
remain but with the body’s physical need for the substance gone, it is
much easier to deal with and will go away with time.
After
treatment you are to have NO nicotine. This means no patches gums or
inhalers. Your body does not care whether the nicotine is from a
cigarette, cigar or chewing tobacco or from the above listed products.
By ingesting nicotine the addiction will begin to reestablish itself.
The addiction pathway you have established for nicotine is still there.
The brain has a memory of this. With Auriculotherapy we desensitized the
neuroreceptors that nicotine binds to. Remember we did this by creating
endorphins and manipulating the receptors. Each exposure to nicotine
whether it from a patch, gum or a cigarette will slowly turn these
receptors back on. As more and more are turned back on or reprogrammed
by the exposure to nicotine, you become once again addicted. Once a
smoker always a smoker, there is no such thing as “I can have just one”.
What I have just explained to you is the reason why.
Cost? When
you compare the cost of our treatment compared to other treatments for
smoking cessation you'll find that the cost is very reasonable. It's
really affordable when consider the cost of continuing to smoke. Our
price for Smoking Cessation is $125. The treatment includes two
follow-up visits within 2 weeks of initial treatment (if needed).
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