Nicotrol Dosage
Medically reviewed by A Ras MD.
Recommended Adult Dosing
Dosage forms: SOL: 4 mg per cartridge
Smoking cessation
- [6-16 cartridges/day inhaled x6-12wk, then taper dose over 6-12wk to D/C]
- Max: 16 cartridges/day; Info: stop cigarette use at start of tx; use frequent continuous puffing x20min for each cartridge (80 deep inhalations over 20min releases 4 mg nicotine of which 2 mg is absorbed)
Renal dosing
- mild impairment: not defined; mod-severe impairment: consider decr. usual dose
- HD/PD: not defined
Hepatic dosing
- mild impairment: not defined; mod-severe impairment: consider decr. usual dose
SRC: NLM .