Smoking cessation

Indication-

Smoking cessation

Dosage-
usual dosage - week 1 to 6 - 1 piece of gum evey 1 to 2 hours
                          week 7 to 9 - 1 piece of gum every 2 to 4 hours
                           weeks 10 to 12 -  1 piece of gum every 4 to 8 hours

Patients who smoke less than 25 cigarette per day- start with 2mg nicotine gum

25 cigaretes or more a day-  start with 4mg nicotine gum

Dosage adjustment - if there is a strong and frequent craving   use a second piece within 1 hour

Usual dosage-
If a patient smokes his/her first cigareette more than 30 minutes of waking up
-use 2mg nicotine lozenges

If a patient smokes his/her first cigarette within 30 minutes of waking up
-use 4mg nicotine lozenges

week 1 to 6 -  1 lozenge every 1 to 2 hours
week 7 to 9-   1 lozenge every 2 to 4 hours
week 10 - 12 - i lozenge every 4 to 8 hours

Maximum dose - do not use use more than 5 lozenges in 6 hours.
Do not use more than 20 lozenges/day