It is important that these products are used exactly as directed. Get advice from your healthcare provider or pharmacist before using these products. Used correctly, the nicotine patch or gum can be used to quit smoking for good. Another medication that we should not mix with smoking is theophylline. This medication works by opening our breathing airways.
Smoking causes the opposite to happen.
A number of asthma medications have theophylline in them or are similar to theophylline. While taking it, be sure to read any directions that come with your asthma medication before smoking. In fact, any time we are taking a medication for asthma or breathing problems of any kind, we should not smoke. Smoking cigarettes causes our blood vessels to narrow. Smoking can also cause our blood pressure to go up.