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What is Nicotine?

Nicotine is an addictive substance in tobacco products. As the active ingredient in smoking cessation aids (gum, nasal spray, transdermal patch, inhaler and lozenge) it is used for the relief of nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Off label transdermal application is used to manage ulcerative colitis.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Smoking Cessation 7 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
General health 3 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Other 2 2 Efficacy_major
Mood elevated or improved 2 1 Efficacy_moderate
Tobacco Addiction 2 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Substance abuse 2 1 Efficacy_none

See all 15 patients currently taking Nicotine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 6
Mild
 4
None
 6

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Nicotine

Vivid dreams 3
Nausea 1
Acid reflux 1
Anxious mood 1
Skin irritation 1
Pain in throat 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Nicotine. See all 12 dosages ►

  4mg as needed 4 mg daily 6 tab(s) daily 7 mg/24 hr daily 10 mg daily 12 mg daily 15 mg/16 hr daily 20 mg daily 21 mg/24 hr daily 24 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Nicotine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 6   Other: 55%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 27%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 18%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 9%

See all 11 patients who’ve stopped taking Nicotine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Nicotine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Stopped Taking Nicotine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Nicotine

Always
 6 38%
Usually
 4 25%
Sometimes
 3 19%
Never
 3 19%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Nicotine

Very
 1 6%
Somewhat
 4 25%
A little
 7 44%
Not at all
 4 25%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Nicotine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 4 31%
$50-99
 2 15%
$25-49
 3 23%
< $25
 4 31%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.