Why would nicotine patches be causing me heart palpitations?

Answer 1

Nicotine is a stimulant and messes with your heart rate. You may not have had trouble with cigarettes with patches are really high doses, and it's constant.

Answer 2

Can Nicotine Cause Heart Palpitations

Answer 3

First of all, make sure you don't accidentally have the last patch still attached to you somewhere!!!! I once fell asleep with one on me and had palpitations. I ripped off the patch then realized later that day that the other one had worked its way onto my back while I rolled around in my sleep! Secondly, if you smoked less then the milligrams that you are wearing then it will be too much nicotine entering into your system that you are use to. Just cut the patches in half with a siccor and use them that way. And good luck with the quitting! Nicoderm CQ worked for me! I'm smoke free 7 years now!! I smoked 2 packs a day for 10 years.

Answer 4

Nicotine patches act differently then does normal inhalation. Due to the diffuse nature of smoking palpatation occur but are less apparent.

The Cold Turkey method is the quickest and fastest way to eliminate nicotine from your body. 3-4 days and the jitters are done with. with the patch your detox time may increase substantially.

Buy healthy snacks, when you feel like a smoke grab a celery stalk instead.

Answer 5

Nicotine in large doses tend to cause an elevation in blood pressure. It could be the patch is too strong. I would check with pharmacist, doctor, or read the serious side effects on the side of the package. It will usually have a toll free phone number to call.

My husband once tried the nicorette gum. He ended up in the ER thinking he was having a heart attack.
He was chewing several pieces at one time, instead of parking the gum, he was chewing constantly so he was receiving an overload of nicotine all at once.
Racing heartbeat subsided after discontinuing the gum.

Answer 6

There are so many possible causes for this that I'm not going to try and answer. If you are having "palpitations" to the point that they are interfering with your daily activities you really need to be evaluated by a cardiologist. It sounds like you wore a Holter cardiac monitor to record our heart rhythm over a period of time. Any arrhythmia you may have experienced while wearing the Holter was recorded and evaluated. If nothing was done, then you most likely have no serious or life threatening problems. Very many people have irregular heart rhythms and live long productive lives. If you are still concerned about this, then you really need to speak with the cardiologist who evaluated you. You are paying this person so they are obligated to answer your questions. Be polite, but firm. Hopefully they will answer your questions to your satisfaction. No one on Yahoo will be able to give you a better answer than the heart specialist who read your Holter recordings. Good luck to you.

Answer 7

What the above post said.

Perhaps you need a lower dose or you should get the nicotine spray.

Spray is more like smoking - you get an occasional dose of nicotine. A patch gives you a continuous dose of nicotine.

Answer 8

Nicotine is a stimulant. If you are using more than one patch, or smoking with your patch on, or drinking too much caffeine from coffee/soda/energy drinks, you're making your heart freak out. You probably should read the material that came with the patch so you use it correctly, or possibly not use them.

Answer 9

Because nicotine is a stimulant.

Answer 10

LIke bmac says......you may be better off quitting "cold turkey".
I did 13 years ago, and it was beyond tough, but never smoked
since. Try it. It's worth it in the long run.....