NICOTINE

Course overview

NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (NRT) IS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO QUIT SMOKING, AS ABRUPTLY QUITTING CAN CAUSE WITHDRAWALS AND CRAVINGS. NICOTINE WITHDRAWAL OCCURS AFTER SMOKING CIGARETTES DISCONTINUES SUDDENLY. USING NRT HELPS ONE TO REDUCE THE MOTIVATION OF SMOKING CIGARETTES BECAUSE THE BODY STILL GETS NICOTINE FROM ANOTHER SAFER METHOD. NICOTINE COMES IN A PATCH, LOZENGE, INHALERS, SPRAY, AND GUM FORMS AND CAN PROVIDE THE BODY THE DOSE OF NICOTINE THAT IT PREVIOUSLY GOT FROM CIGARETTES. THIS ACTIVITY OUTLINES THE INDICATIONS, MECHANISM OF ACTION, METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION, SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECTS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, MONITORING, AND TOXICITY OF NRT, SO PROVIDERS CAN DIRECT PATIENT THERAPY TO HELP THEM IN SMOKING CESSATION.