- Don't eat or drink for 15 minutes before chewing the nicotine gum, or while chewing a piece.
- To improve your chance of quitting, use at least 9 pieces per day for the first 6 weeks.
- If you experience strong of frequent cravings, you may use a second piece within the hour. However, do not continuously use on piece after another since this may cause you hiccups, heartburn, nausea or other side effects.
- Do not exceed 24 pieces a day.
- It is important to complete treatment. Stop using nicotine gum at the end of 12 weeks. If you still feel the need for nicotine gum, talk to your doctor.
How to use Nicorest stop-smoking Gum
- Chew each piece very slowly several times.
- Stop chewing when you notice a peppery taste, or a slight tingling in your mouth. This usually happens after about one minute or 15 chews, but may vary from person to person.
- "Park" the Nicorest gum between your cheek and gum, and leave it there.
- When the peppery taste or tingle is almost gone (in about a minute), start to chew a few times slowly again. When the taste or tingle returns, stop again.
- "Park" the Nicorest piece again in a different place in your mouth.
- Repeat steps 4 to 7 (chew, chew, park) until most of the nicotine is gone from the Nicorest piece (usually happens in about half an hour; the peppery taste or tingle won’t return).
- If you experience strong or frequent cravings, you may use a second piece within the hour. However, do not continuously use one piece after another, since this may cause hiccups, heartburn, nausea or other side effects.
It is important to complete your Nicorest quit program at the end of 12 weeks, so stop using Nicorest at that time. If you still feel the need to use it, talk to your doctor
Nicotine Gum Dosing
- If you smoke less than 25 cigarettes a day; use 2mg nicotine gum(1 piece) according to the following 12 week schedule:
| Weeks 1 to 6 |
Weeks 7 to 9 |
Weeks 10 to 12 |
| 1 piece every 1 to 2 hours |
1 piece every 2 to 4 hours |
1 piece every 4 to 8 hours |
- If you smoke 25 or more cigarettes a day; use 4 mg nicotine gum (2 pieces) according to the following 12 week schedule:
| Weeks 1 to 6 |
Weeks 7 to 9 |
Weeks 10 to 12 |
| 2 pieces every 1 to 2 hours |
2 pieces every 2 to 4 hours |
2 pieces every 4 to 8 hours |
Store at 20-25°C (68-77°F). Protect from light.
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, only use this medicine on the advice of your health care provider. Smoking can seriously harm your child. Try to stop smoking without using any nicotine replacement medicine. This medicine is believed to be safer than smoking. However, the risks to your child from this medicine are not fully known.
Do not use if you continue to smoke, chew tobacco, use snuff, or use a nicotine patch or other nicotine-containing products
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