What types of nicotine nasal sprays are available?
Nicotine nasal spray is available only on prescription after consultation with your doctor. How to use nicotine nasal spray To activate the spray, press the bottom of the spray container a few times. Tilting the head back, the nosepiece of the spray is placed into the nostril. To administer the spray press the bottom of the container. It is recommended that one or two sprays be used each hour as required for the first eight weeks. For the following two weeks this amount should be halved and then reduced to zero over a further two weeks. No more than two doses per hour should be used for a maximum of 16 hours per day. One bottle of spray contains about 100 doses. Success rate of nicotine nasal spray Clinical trails using the nicotine nasal spray, found that about 26% had stopped smoking after 12 months compared to 10% reported from groups using a placebo. The studies reported a high number of side effects including watering eye, cough, irritation of the nose (including nose bleeds) and
