Habitrol Patch (21mg) helps you to give up smoking by relieving the desire to smoke, as well as some of the unpleasant effects. Each box contains 7 patches
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Medicine Classification:
Pharmacy Medicine

Purpose:
Helps you stop smoking

Active Ingredients:
Each Patch contains 52.5mg nicotine

General:
Habitrol Patch helps you to give up smoking by relieving the desire to smoke, as well as some of the unpleasant effects, which smokers experience when they stop smoking

How Habitrol Patch works
Smokers have both a physical reliance on nicotine (i.e. the body becomes dependent on nicotine) and a psychological reliance on the smoking habit

When you give up smoking, your body will miss the effects of nicotine and you will miss the habit of smoking

Habitrol Patch helps you to tackle these two sides of the problem separately, instead of all at once

It is your body's dependence on nicotine, which causes withdrawal symptoms when you suddenly stop smoking. Nicotine is an addictive substance. Symptoms may include irritability, restlessness, depression, weight gain, and craving for cigarettes

Habitrol Patch is intended to ease such withdrawal symptoms by providing your body with nicotine. This leaves your mind free to concentrate on overcoming your psychological desire to smoke

Habitrol patch has been designed to slowly allow nicotine to be absorbed through your skin. The amount of nicotine in the Habitrol Patch is sufficient to help overcome the withdrawal symptoms but is lower than the amount of nicotine which you get from smoking. Therefore, overcoming your reliance on the nicotine in Habitrol Patch is much easier than overcoming your dependence on the nicotine you get from smoking

Habitrol Patch is intended to help you to give up smoking, but you will only be successful in becoming a non-smoker if you are determined to quit

Which Strength of Habitrol Patch to use and how long it should be used for There are three different strengths of Habitrol Patch. The patch is applied on waking (usually in the morning) and removed 24 hours later

When you first start to use the Habitrol Patch you should use the highest strength. This is the 21mg Habitrol Patch. You should use this strength patch daily for 8 weeks

Then you should reduce the amount of nicotine you are using by changing the strength of the patch you use. Use the next lower strength patch (14mg) applied daily for 2 weeks, then use the lowest strength patch (7mg) applied daily for two weeks

This gradual reduction in the amount of nicotine will help your body get used to going without nicotine

The patches each last 16 hours, are easy to use, and can be discreetly worn under clothing

Precautions
When you must not use Habitrol Patch
Do not use Habitrol Patch If: You are pregnant or intend to become pregnant
There is medical evidence that nicotine in any form may be harmful to an unborn child. Therefore it is recommended that you do not use Habitrol if you are pregnant or intend to become pregnant, unless you are unable to stop smokig without nicotine replacement. Talk to your doctor before using Habitrol Patch during pregnancy You are breast-feeding or intend to breast-feed
Nicotine passes freely into breastmilk, and can affect the health of the baby. Therefore it is recommended that you do not use Habitrol Patch if you are breast-feeding or intend to breast-feed You have had a recent heart attack or stroke You have heart disease such as palpitations (fast or irregular heart beats) or uncontrolled angina (chest pain) You are a non-smoker You are under 18 Years old
There is not enough information about the use of Habitrol Gum in children You are allergic to nicotine or may be sensitive to the patch adhesive

You should not use Habitrol Patch if the expiry date printed on the carton has passed or the packaging is torn or shows signs of tampering

Do not give Habitrol Patch to anyone else to use as it is recommended that they seek professional advice prior to starting treatment

Before you start to use Habitrol Patches
If you have had any of the following, you should ask for your doctor or pharmacist's advice before using Habitrol Patch

These medical conditions may need consideration by or discussion with your doctor or pharmacist. You and your doctor or pharmacist can then weigh up the risk of using Habitrol Patch against the benefits you will get if you stop smoking

The medical conditions include:

• Angina (chest pain) or any other problem with your heart or blood vessels such as pain in one or more legs when you walk
• High Blood Pressure
• Previous Stroke
• Kidney disease
• Liver disease
• Stomach ulcer or pain
• Hyperthyroidism (a disorder of the thyroid gland)
• Phaeochromocytoma (a tumour of the adrenal gland)
• Diabetes

Taking Other medicines If you are taking any other medicines, including medicines that you buy without a prescription, in a pharmacy, supermarket or health food shop, the way these medicines work may be affected once you stop smoking

These medicines may include: Theophylline (asthma medication)

• Insulin
• Imipramine (antidepressant)
• Pentazocine (pain medication).

If you use too much (overdose) or in accidental poisoning Over dosage can occur if more than one patch is used, or you smoke or use other nicotine containing products while you are wearing a patch

Symptoms of overdose or poisoning include:

• Nausea and vomiting
• Salivating
• Diarrhoea
• Abdominal Pain
• Cold sweats
• Weakness
• Disturbed hearing
• Headache
• Breathing difficulties
• Weak, rapid or irregular pulse
• Loss of consciousness

In the event of yourself or someone else showing symptoms seek medical advice

You can also help by doing the following:

• Remove all the nicotine patches
• Flush the skin with water and dry it

   

  Adverse Effects
  Nicotine like all other medicines may cause unwanted side effects in some people

  Seek professional advice from your doctor or pharmacist as soon as possible if you do not feel well while you are using Habitrol Patch. Most of the undesirable effects reported by users of Habitrol occur during the first weeks after beginning treatment. Some are minor and temporary but others may need medical attention

  You may notice the following:

• Redness or itching of the skin where the patch has been
• Headache
• Nausea and/or vomiting
• General skin redness and hives
• Dizziness
• Sleeplessness

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  Some effects, such as dizziness, headache and sleeplessness may be withdrawal symptoms due to low nicotine levels

  If any of these effects do not go away, or you have any other undesirable effects during use, tell your doctor or pharmacist

  Warning:
  Store below 25ﾰC
  For external use only
  Patches must be kept out of the reach of children both before and after use

  Dosage:
  Apply ONE patch daily
  Smokers smoking 20 or more cigarettes per day, s