البلد: أيرلندا
اللغة: الإنجليزية
المصدر: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
nicotine
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (Ireland) Limited
N07BA01
nicotine
2mg
Medicated Chewing Gum
n packs of 4, 10, 30, 100 and 200
Product not subject to medical prescription
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (Ireland) Limited
Drugs used in nicotine dependence
It m is used for the treatment of tobacco dependence by relief of nicotine withdrawal symptoms including cravings during a quit attempt
Authorised
2015-07-24
2 PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER NIQUITIN FRESH MINT 2 MG OR 4MG MEDICATED CHEWING GUM NICOTINE READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START USING THIS MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU. Always use this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or as your healthcare professional has told you. - Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. - Ask a healthcare professional e.g. doctor, nurse, smoking cessation advisor or pharmacist if you need more information or advice. - If you get any side effects, talk to your healthcare professional. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4. - You must talk to a doctor if you have not been able to stop smoking after 9 months of treatment with NiQuitin Fresh Mint 2 mg or 4mg Medicated Chewing Gums. - Throughout this leaflet NiQuitin Fresh Mint 2 mg and 4 mg Medicated Chewing Gums are referred to as NiQuitin Fresh Mint Gums. WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET 1. What NiQuitin Fresh Mint Gums are and what they are used for 2. What you need to know before you use NiQuitin Fresh Mint Gums 3. How to use NiQuitin Fresh Mint Gums 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store NiQuitin Fresh Mint Gums 6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. WHAT NIQUITIN FRESH MINTGUMS ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR NiQuitin Fresh Mint Gums are used to help people stop smoking. This type of treatment is called Nicotine Replacement Therapy or NRT. It is the nicotine in cigarettes that can make you physically addicted to them. NiQuitin Fresh Mint Gums help you to give up smoking by replacing some of the nicotine you get from cigarettes. This nicotine relieves some of the unpleasant symptoms اقرأ الوثيقة كاملة
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT NiQuitin Fresh Mint 2mg Medicated Chewing Gum 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each chewing gum contains 2 mg nicotine (equivalent to 14.20 mg nicotine resinate) Excipients with known effect: Butylated hydroxytoluene (E321) 0.4266 mg/piece gum Sorbitol (E420) 148.65 mg/piece gum Sodium 10.5 mg/piece gum For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Medicated Chewing Gum Off-white rectangular pillow shaped gum and is approximately 20 x 12 mm. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS NiQuitin Fresh Mint Medicated Chewing Gum is used for the treatment of tobacco dependence by relief of nicotine withdrawal symptoms including cravings during a quit attempt (see section 5.1). Permanent cessation of tobacco use is the eventual objective. NiQuitin Fresh Mint Medicated Chewing Gum should preferably be used in conjunction with a behavioural support programme. 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION Posology Users should make every effort to stop smoking completely during treatment with NiQuitin Frsh Mint Medicated Chewing Gums. _Adults (18 years and over)_ NiQuitin Frsh Mint Medicated Chewing Gum 2mg is suitable for smokers who smoke fewer than 20 cigarettes a day. Behavioural therapy, advice and support will normally improve the success rate. The initial dosage should be individualised on the basis of the patients nicotine dependence. One piece of NiQuitin Frsh Mint Medicated Chewing Gums should be chewed as directed whenever there is an urge to smoke, to maintain complete abstinence from smoking. Sufficient gums should be used each day usually 8-12, up to a maximum of 15. The treatment duration depends on the needs of each smoker . In general the use of the medicated c اقرأ الوثيقة كاملة