Nicorette Inhaler 15mg

NICORETTE® inhalator is a nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). It is used to relieve and /or prevent withdrawal symptoms and reduce the cravings you get when you try to stop smoking or when cutting down the number of cigarettes you smoke.

Ideally you should always aim to stop smoking. You can use NICORETTE® inhalator to achieve this by using it to completely replace all your cigarettes. However NICORETTE® inhalator can also be used in other ways, 

• if you feel unable to stop smoking completely, or wish to replace certain cigarettes and therefore it can help you to cut down the number of cigarettes you smoke, 
• at those times when you can’t or do not want to smoke. For example, - Where you don’t want to smoke and avoid harm to others e.g children or family. - Smoke free areas e.g Pub, work, public transport e.g aeroplanes.

It may also help increase your motivation to quit. When making a quit attempt a behavioural support programme will increase your chances of success.

Clinically proven nicotine replacement therapy aid that provides the hand-to-mouth action of a real cigarette.

• Held like a cigarette, so it keeps your hands busy
• Replaceable cartridge releases nicotine to help relieve your cigarette cravings and nicotine withdrawal symptoms

Directions for Use:

1. Line up the markers of the Inhaler’s mouthpiece and pull each end in the opposite direction.
2. Insert one nicotine plug into the mouthpiece and twist the parts of the mouthpiece to close.
3. Each cartridge will provide you with about 40 minutes of intense use. You can divide this time how you like. For example, you could use a cartridge for four 10-minute inhalation periods. Or you could use a cartridge for 10 minutes on waking and then for six periods of five minutes later on in the day.
4. Remove the used nicotine plug from the mouthpiece by re-aligning the markers of the mouthpiece to open the mouthpiece.

Below is the dosage information for nicorette® inhalator.

Adults and children aged 12 years and over:

• As needed up to maximum of 6 over cartridges per day
• Do not use more than 6 cartridges per day.
• The frequency with which you use the cartridges and the length of time it lasts will depend on how many cigarettes you smoked and how strong they were

Warnings:

Do not use nicorette ® inhalator:

• if you have an allergy to nicotine or any of the other ingredients. 
• If you are a child under 12 years of age.

Talk to your doctor, nurse or pharmacist:

• if you are pregnant or breast-feeding – you may be able to use nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to help you give up smoking but you should try to give up without it.
• if you are in hospital because of heart disease (including heart attack, disorders of heart rate or rhythm, angina, high blood pressure or stroke).In other heart conditions not requiring you to be in hospital, using NRT is better than continuing to smoke.
• if you have a stomach ulcer, duodenal ulcer, inflammation of the stomach or inflammation of the oesophagus (passage between the mouth and stomach). „ if you have liver or kidney disease.
• if you have a long term throat disease or difficulty breathing due to bronchitis, emphysema or asthma.

NICORETTE® inhalator may not be suitable for you to use and you may be advised to use a different type of NRT.

• if you have an overactive thyroid gland or have a phaeochromocytoma (a tumour of the adrenal gland that can affect blood pressure) – your doctor will have told you this. 
• if you have diabetes – monitor your blood sugar levels more often when starting to use nicorette inhalator as you may find your insulin or medication requirements alter. 
• if you are taking any other medicines such as theophylline, clozapine or ropinirole. Stopping smoking or cutting down may require the dose of these medicines to be adjusted

Contains:

NICORETTE® inhalator consists of a plastic mouthpiece into which you insert a tube-like cartridge containing 15 mg of nicotine, the active ingredient, held in a porous plug. The plug also contains menthol to give the nicotine a slight minty flavour.

Keep all medicines out the sight and reach of children.

Always consult the Patient Information Leaflet before using this medicine.