nicorette® Gum freshfruit 4mg

What is Nicorette and what is it used for?
Nicorette belongs to a group of medicines used for smoking cessation. Nicorette contains nicotine as an active ingredient, which enters the body through the oral mucosa. By supplying nicotine via Nicorette, the withdrawal symptoms that occur due to nicotine withdrawal do not occur, or at least occur in a significantly attenuated form, and thus the patient's craving for smoking is reduced.

These withdrawal symptoms primarily include irritability, restlessness, anxiety, increased appetite, difficulty concentrating and falling asleep, which
in many cases lead patients to start smoking again. Nicorette serves as an aid and facilitates cessation even in difficult cases, whereby appropriate motivation, willpower and perseverance are necessary prerequisites for any cessation course.
If you want to stop smoking or reduce cigarette consumption, Nicorette will support you and can therefore be used:

• for smoking cessation in smokers who want to quit smoking
• as an aid for smokers during certain periods when cigarette consumption is not possible or not desired (temporary abstinence)
• to reduce cigarette consumption in smokers who do not want or cannot quit smoking.

Additional counselling and supportive measures can improve the success rate.

How to use Nicorette?
Always use this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or exactly as agreed with your doctor or pharmacist. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

How should you chew Nicorette gum?
The chewing method is not comparable to that of a conventional chewing gum. Please proceed as follows: First, chew the gum to release nicotine. Then take a chewing break so that the nicotine is absorbed into the body. Nicotine dissolved in saliva is not effective and can cause throat irritation and hiccups.

• Chew a piece of gum when you crave a cigarette.
• As soon as you feel a strong/peppery taste or a slight burning sensation (after approx. 1 minute), take a chewing break.
• Push the gum into your cheek pouch.
• After the sensations subside, start chewing again until you feel a strong/peppery taste or a slight burning sensation again.
• Then take another chewing break.
• Repeat the chewing-chewing break process for about 30 minutes.
• When the gum has lost its flavour, please dispose of it carefully (you can, for example, return it to the blister strip).

What Nicorette contains
The active ingredient is: Nicotine resinate. 1 chewing gum contains 4 mg of nicotine as resinate in a special sugar-free chewing gum base as an active ingredient.