Nicorette plaster is one of the ways to get rid of the nicotine addiction of the "pharmacological" orientation. His destination is to facilitate the process of refusing smoking, reducing the manifestations of the cancellation syndrome and reducing the need for Nicotine. Let us consider in more detail that it is a Nicorett's plaster, as it acts and is acting at all.
Compound
The main active substance is nicotine, the amount of which depends on the form of the drug. Thus, the plaster is manufactured with the following dosages: 10 mg / 16 hours of action (15.75 mg nicotine), 15 mg / 16 h. (23.62 mg nicotine), 25 mg / 16 h. (39.37 mg nicotine). At the same time, the drug with the highest dose of nicotine refers to the first stage of treatment, with a lower one - to ІІ-th, with the lowest - to ІІІ-th, as indicated and on the packaging of the patch. By the way, in the package there are 7 patches.
Action
Plock Nicoretta is a drug substantive therapy, therefore it is recommended to use those smokers who have a strong nicotine dependence and smoke more than 10 cigarettes per day. Nicotine, contained in the plaster, will help them easier to move the refusal of smoking or reduce the number of cigarettes smoking per day. Also, the drug is designed to reduce frequently arising from a sharp refusal of smoking of manifestation in the form of insomnia, irritability, increasing appetite, dysphoria.
Application
According to the instructions, the patch of Nicortte is recommended to stick on clean skin without hair cover (shoulder, chest, thigh) in the morning and shoot it in the evening before bedtime. You need to do this daily (using a new plaster every day), refusing to smoking. To avoid possible allergic manifestations on the skin, try not to stick the plaster on the same place. For avid smokers who smoke in a day a pack of cigarettes and more, recommend starting from the patching of the first stage with a course of 8 weeks, then go to the II and III stages for 2 weeks each. The same one for the day there is enough from 10 to 19 cigarettes, the beginning of treatment with the plaster of Nikortte is better to start with the II stage (8 weeks), and at the III stage allocate 4 weeks.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of the plaster of Nicoretta include ease of use, long-term daily effect and efficiency in terms of cancellation syndrome. As the disadvantages of this method of treating dependence on smoking, the price of the drug, the duration of treatment, the presence of contraindications and side effects can be called. Thus, Nicortte's plaster is not recommended to be used in case of hypersensitivity, cardiovascular problems (arrhythmias, recently suffered infarction and strokes, angina, hypertension), exacerbation of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (stomach and 12-rosys, esophagitis ulcers), function disorders Liver and kidneys. The use of a patch may be accompanied by such unpleasant reactions as nausea, headache, tachycardia, cough, dizziness, sleep disorders and local reactions (itching, redness of the skin under the plaster).
Reviews
With regard to the effectiveness of the plaster of Nicorette, there are more frequent reviews that not many were able to quit smoking in this way. At the same time, quite often smokers with great experience noted that the use of this patch did not help to cope with the desire to smoke. There are also reviews about the side effects of nicortte use in the form of dizziness, nausea, heartbeat, insomnia. Among the lucky ones who managed to get rid of this patch from nicotine addiction, there are also those that once returned to this harmful habit.
Considering the above, the plaster of Nicortte is difficult to call a highly efficient way to say smoking "no". However, he has the right to be, and whether to use it in your particular case - to solve only you (or your doctor if you have the above health problems). Learn more about the principle of action of nicotine patches as a way to get rid of nicotine addiction on the video posted below.
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