Nicorette Lozenge - Fruit

How Nicorette^® Lozenge works

Nicorette^® Lozenges are a form of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) that can help ease cravings when you stop smoking to boost your chances of quitting.

Cravings are the main symptom of withdrawal, as your body misses the nicotine it was absorbing from cigarettes. While cravings can pass, Nicorette^® Lozenge can help you handle situations that trigger cravings, along with times of the day when you can’t or don’t want to smoke.

So, how do they work? Like most NRT products, Nicorette^® Lozenges provide your body with a low-level dose of nicotine to relieve your cravings – without the tar, carbon monoxide and toxic chemicals found in tobacco smoke. As the lozenge dissolves, nicotine is released into your body through the lining of your mouth.

You may start to feel the craving subside, but you won’t have the same ‘buzz’ you get from smoking a cigarette.

We offer two strengths of Nicorette^® Lozenge depending on your current smoking levels:

• 2mg Lozenge – Suitable if you smoke 20 cigarettes or less per day. Available in Nicorette^® Lozenge.

• 4mg Lozenge – Suitable if you smoke more than 20 cigarettes per day. Only available in Nicorette^® Lozenge.

How to use Nicorette^® Lozenge

Use a Nicorette^® Lozenge in place of cigarettes when needed. This could be to calm your cravings while trying to quit or on those occasions where you’re unable to smoke – such as on the train, around children or at work.

If you’re struggling to stop smoking, you should replace as many cigarettes as possible with the lozenge to help motivate you to quit.

Here’s a step by step guide to how to use Nicorette^® Lozenges:

1. Push and lift the button on your dispenser to open.

2. Place one lozenge in your mouth and allow it to dissolve.

3. Move the lozenge from one side of your mouth to the other.

4. Repeat periodically until the lozenge is completely dissolved. Do not chew or swallow the lozenge.

The number of lozenges you use each day will vary depending on the type of cigarettes you’re used to, their strength and how many you smoked a day. Most smokers take between 8 to 12 lozenges per day. Just make sure you don’t take more than 15 lozenges in one day.

Most people take between 8 and 12 Nicorette^® Lozenges per day to help keep nicotine cravings at bay. You should not take more than 15 lozenges per day.

As soon as you feel ready, you should start to reduce the number of lozenges you use until you have stopped taking them completely. This could be after a few weeks or a few months.

Please read the Patient information leaflet in the Ingredients and Usage section for information on possible side effects.

Pharmaceutical waste should be returned to community pharmacies.

Nicorette^® Fruit 2mg Lozenge

Nicorette^® Fruit 2mg Lozenge product strength is suitable for those smoking 20 or less cigarettes a day.

For adults and children 12 years and over: Do not chew or swallow the lozenge. Place the lozenge in your mouth and allow to dissolve. Use 1 lozenge when required, usually 8-12 lozenges per day. Do not use more than 15 lozenges per day.

Nicorette fruit 2mg lozenge is used to relieve and/or prevent withdrawal symptoms and reduce the cravings you get when you try to stop smoking or when cutting down the number of cigarettes you smoke.  It provides a safer alternative to smoking for both the individual and those around them. 

However it can be used in a number of different ways, either to completely replace all your cigarettes, or if you do not feel ready to stop smoking completely, to replace certain cigarettes and therefore help you to cut down the number of cigarettes you smoke. It may also help increase your motivation to quit.

Requires willpower.

Read the package leaflet before use.

Read the package leaflet carefully before use. Do not take more medicine than the label tells you to. 
Not for use in children under 12 years. Nicotine can be toxic in children. If a child has used or swallowed Nicorette Lozenges contact a doctor or your nearest Accident and Emergency department immediately.

Before starting to use the product read the information leaflet carefully, and if you need advice talk to your doctor, pharmacist of nurse. Do not use if you are allergic to any of the ingredients

Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse for advice before using this product if you:

• are pregnant or breastfeeding,

• have ever experienced seizures (fits),

• have diabetes,

• are taking other medicines such as clozapine, theophylline and ropinirole,

• have a stomach/duodenal ulcer, inflammation of the stomach/oesophagus,

• have liver or kidney disease,

• have an overactive thyroid or a tumour of the adrenal gland. 

Do not chew or swallow the lozenge. Keep out of the sight and reach of children.

Dispose of sensibly. Requires willpower.

Nicorette^® Fruit 2mg Lozenge

Core

Mannitol (E421)

Xanthan gum (E415)

Tutti Frutti Flavour Spray dried (contains traces of sulphites, orange oil, orange oil terpenes, isoamyl butyrate, citral, and gum acacia)

Sodium carbonate anhydrous (E500) (i)

Sucralose (E955)

Acesulfame potassium (E950)

Magnesium stearate (E470b)

Coating

Hypromellose (E464)

Tutti Frutti Flavour liquid (contains orange oil, orange oil terpenes, isoamyl butyrate and citral)

Titanium dioxide (E171)

Microcrystalline Cellulose (E460)

Sucralose (E955)

Acesulfame potassium (E950)

Polysorbate 80

Sepifilm Gloss (contains hypromellose (E464), mica-based pearlescent pigments)

Nicorette^® Fruit 2mg Lozenge