No, I don't use the patch anymore. I first started with the Zyban and then whenever my urges got bad, I'd stick a patch on. I didn't have a burning feeling when I used the patch. But whereever I had a patch on, I'd get a rash that would go away the next day. My BF ,who quit smoking 2 years before me, gave me some advice. He used the patch alone to quit. He would buy a package of high dosage patches and use them, then when his nicotine urges lessened, he would cut the patches in half and only use those. The patches are still effective when cut in half. Someone also told me that if you smoke a cigarette while on the patch, you'll feel sick because there is to much nicotine in your body. I actually know someone who was on the patch and threw up after he smoked a cigarette. This information prevented me from cheating while I was on the patch.

Well I'm glad I can give advice on quitting smoking! Chew lots of SF gum too (if you don't mind the aspartame in them)!

BTW: It helps to have a BF who is a non-smoker!