Generic name: nicotine polacrilex
Dosage form: lozenge
Drug class:Smoking cessation agents
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Aug 23, 2021.
Active ingredient (in each lozenge)
Nicotine polacrilex, 4 mg (nicotine)
Purpose
Stop smoking aid
Uses
- reduces withdrawal symptoms, including nicotine craving associated with quitting smoking
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
- a sodium-restricted diet
- 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
Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are
- using a non-nicotine stop smoking drug
- taking prescription medicine for depression or asthma. Your prescription dose may need to be adjusted.
