Description

• To help smokers who want to give up smoking, but who experience difficulty in doing so owing to their nicotine dependence

Active Ingredients

Tablet contains

• Nicotine 2mg

Directions

• Adults 18 years and over and the elderly - The patient should be urged to give up smoking completely when initiating therapy with this product
• The initial dose is based on the individual's nicotine dependence
• The tablet is used sublingually with a recommended dose of 1 tablet per hour or, for heavy smokers (smoking more than 20 cigarettes per day), 2 tablets per hour
• Increasing to 2 tablets per hour may be considered for patients who fail to stop smoking with the one-tablet-per-hour regimen or for those whose nicotine withdrawal symptoms remain so strong as to foresee a relapse
• Most smokers require 8-12 or 16-24 tablets per day, not to exceed 40 tablets
• The duration of treatment is individual, but at least 3 months of treatment is recommended
• The nicotine dose should then be gradually reduced, by decreasing the total number of tablets used per day
• The treatment should be stopped when the daily consumption is down to 1 or 2 tablets
• Nicotine dosage beyond 6 months is not generally recommended
• Under 18 years of age - not to be used