Maintaining good health while eliminating bad habits has never become more important for your ongoing general health. 1-800 Patches recognizes the needs of its clients to quit smoking and/or maintaining a weight level that is close to acceptable. As their name implies, this company deals with dermal patches that are applied to the surface of the skin and eliminating the need to take pills orally or, perhaps injections. From the ThermaCare Pain Management patch to the Habitrol Heavy Smoker Cessation Program you will find your suitable choice to quit smoking, manage that nagging chronic pain or reduce your weight. After all, not smoking and maintaining a good weight is the essential basis of living a healthy life.
Why patches are more effective.
Most drugs are taken orally. Dosage intervals may be inconvenient. Some drugs are partly destroyed or neutralized in the stomach, intestine or liver before reaching the bloodstream. Accordingly, a higher dose is needed to ensure efficacy, which in turn may increase the risk of side effects.
To counter these limitations and to improve patient compliance, drug companies
have introduced patches. Unlike oral medication, drug patches release the active compounds directly into the blood. By avoiding the gastrointestinal system, the drug is less likely to cause nausea and other side effects. The patch administers a constant level of the drug, avoiding the peaks and troughs in drug levels obtained from oral drugs. By wearing a patch, patients do not need to worry about forgetting, or waking up to take a pill.
Patches also avoid the mess and inconvenience of topical creams and lotions. So often creams and lotions rub off before they are effective.