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Medical Areas: Psychiatry/Psychology
Drug Information
The following information is obtained from various newswires, published
medical journal articles, and medical conference presentations.
Company: Pharmacia & Upjohn
Approval Status: Approved March 1996
Treatment Area: smoking cessation
Nicotrol NS is a pump bottle that holds 100 milligrams of pure
nicotine that smokers can inhale to ward off cigarette cravings. It
is to be sold by prescription only to adult smokers trying to
quit.
The nicotine nasal spray hits the bloodstream faster than the
gum or patch, offering the potential of almost immediate relief of
cigarette cravings.
A squirt up each nostril gives the smoker one-milligram of
nicotine. Smokers aren't supposed to use it more than five
times an hour. Overdosing is dangerous--40 mg of nicotine at once
can be lethal.
