For those who smoke their first cigarette more than 30 minutes after waking up.
If you smoke your first cigarette within 30 minutes of waking up, use Nicorette 4mg Lozenge
Includes User's Guide
To Increase Your Success in Quitting:
You must be motivated to quit.
Use Enough - Use at least 9 Nicorette mini lozenges per day during the first six weeks.
Use Long Enough - Use Nicorette mini lozenges for the full 12 weeks.
Use With a Support Program as directed in the enclosed User's Guide.
Questions or comments? call toll-free 1-888-569-1743 (English/Spanish) weekdays (9:00 am - 4:30 pm ET)
Warnings
Tamper Evident Feature: Do not use if clear neckband printed "Sealed for Safety" is missing or broken. Retain outer carton for full product uses, directions and warnings.
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
Ask a doctor before use if you have
heart disease, recent heart attack, or irregular heartbeat. Nicotine can increase your heart rate.
high blood pressure not controlled with medication. Nicotine can increase your blood pressure.
stomach ulcer or diabetes
Stop use and ask a doctor if
mouth problems occur
persistent indigestion or severe sore throat occurs
irregular heartbeat or palpitations occur
you get symptoms of nicotine overdose such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, diarrhea, weakness and rapid heartbeat
Keep out of reach of children and pets. Nicotine lozenges may have enough nicotine to make children and pets sick. If you need to remove the lozenge, wrap it in paper and throw away in the trash. In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.
Comments about Nicorette Nicotine Polacrilex Mini Lozenge, 2mg, Mint, 81 ea:
These are great at reducing the physical cravings for a smoke. They do nothing for "psychological " cravings like after a meal or with morning coffee. Unless you are truly committed to quitting don't waste your money. Most cigs have about .5mg of nicotine so I found that breaking these in half is more than enough for me. It also brings the cost to about the same as smoking.
Comments about Nicorette Nicotine Polacrilex Mini Lozenge, 2mg, Mint, 81 ea:
They taste good and are easy to use, but I started with the 4 mg lozenges, which worked much better than the 2 mg lozenges, which I decided to switch to after the 4 mg lozenge kept me off cigarettes for 2 1/2 weeks.
Comments about Nicorette Nicotine Polacrilex Mini Lozenge, 2mg, Mint, 81 ea:
I've been chewing the nicorette gum for about 2 or 3 years now after I quit smoking. My jaw started to become sore from chewing gum all the time. I tried out the regular size nicorette lozenges and was not that impressed. They had a real chalky taste and left this white residue on my lips. The mini lozenges however work much better. They taste more like a regular mint and give my jaw a break. I would highly recommend this product for anyone who is trying to quit smoking or wants an alternative to the nicorette gum.
Comments about Nicorette Nicotine Polacrilex Mini Lozenge, 2mg, Mint, 81 ea:
This product (like all quit-smoking products, it seems) is developed for and marketed to heavy smokers. I purchased this because I am a social smoker - I don't smoke every day - mostly when at parties and drinking alcohol. This product promoted use such that when you are craving a cigarette, simply take one of the lozenges. It doesn't work for social smokers. I thought after taking a lozenge, I would feel like I had smoked a cigarette. That's not what it is like. You definitely get a bit of a nicotine effect, but it is very gradual - not like a cigarette. It might for pack-a-day smokers - not sure. The instructions direct you to take at least 9 lozenges a day. I rarely smoke this many cigarettes a day, so having that much nicotine in my system would be a significant increase over smoking! It's also very inconvenient that you have to stop eating and drinking for at least 15 minutes before taking this. In short - if you are an occasional, social smoker, this product will not work for you and it was not designed for you. I challenge the quit-smoking industry to come up with something for social smokers.
If you are under 18 years of age, ask a doctor before use
Before using this product, read the enclosed User's Guide for complete directions and other important information
Stop smoking completely when you begin using the lozenge
If you smoke your first cigarette within 30 minutes of waking up, use 4mg nicotine lozenge
If you smoke your first cigarette more than 30 minutes after waking up, use 2mg nicotine lozenge according to the following 12 week schedule:
Weeks 1 to 6 - 1 lozenge every 1 to 2 hours
Weeks 7 to 9 - 1 lozenge every 2 to 4 hours
Weeks 10 to 12 - 1 lozenge every 4 to 8 hours
Nicotine lozenge is a medicine and must be used a certain way to get the best results
Place the lozenge in your mouth and allow the lozenge to slowly dissolve (about 10 minutes). Minimize swallowing. Do not chew or swallow lozenge.
You may feel a warm or tingling sensation
Occasionally move the lozenge from one side of your mouth to the other until completely dissolved (about 10 minutes)
Do not eat or drink 15 minutes before using or while the lozenge is in your mouth
To improve your chances of quitting, use at least 8 lozenges per day for the first 6 weeks
Do not use more than one lozenge at a time or continuously use one lozenge after another since this may cause you hiccups, heartburn, nausea or other side effects
Do not use more than 5 lozenges in 6 hours. Do not use more than 20 lozenges per day.
Stop using the nicotine lozenge at the end of 12 weeks. If you still feel the need to use nicotine lozenges, talk to your doctor.
Opening Directions: Push in child resistant tab on the vial with thumb. Flip up the top of vial. Turn upside down and shake to remove lozenge.
