Nicotine-patch

• Tell all of your health care providers that you take nicotine patch. This includes your doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and dentists.
• Get counseling to help you quit smoking.
• Do not use more than told. Unsafe side effects may happen.
• Tell your doctor if you are taking another drug to help you stop smoking.
• Avoid driving and doing other tasks or actions that call for you to be alert until you see how this medicine affects you.
• If you have high blood sugar (diabetes), you will need to watch your blood sugar closely.
• When you stop smoking, other drugs may be affected. Talk with your doctor.
• Tell your doctor if you have not been able to quit smoking after using nicotine patch for as long as it says to use it.
• The patch may have metal. Take off the patch before an MRI.
• This medicine may cause harm if swallowed. If this medicine is swallowed, call a doctor or poison control center right away.
• This medicine may cause harm or be deadly if used or swallowed by children or pets. If a child uses nicotine patch or if this medicine is swallowed by a child or pet, call a doctor or poison control center right away.
• If you are 65 or older, use nicotine patch with care. You could have more side effects.
• This medicine may cause harm to the unborn baby if you take it while you are pregnant. If you are pregnant or you get pregnant while taking this medicine, call your doctor right away.
• Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding. You will need to talk about any risks to your baby.

Use nicotine patch as ordered by your doctor. Read all information given to you. Follow all instructions closely.

• The patch comes in 3 doses. If you smoke 11 or more cigarettes a day start with the 21 mg patch (step 1). If you smoke 10 or less cigarettes a day start with the 14 mg patch (step 2).
• Put patch on clean, dry, healthy skin on the chest, back, belly, or upper arm. Move the site with each new patch.
• Put patch on a site without hair.
• Wash your hands after use.
• Keep each patch on for 16 to 24 hours.
• Do not leave on the skin for more than 24 hours.
• Do not put on more than 1 patch at a time.
• Do not use patches that are cut or do not look right.

What do I do if I miss a dose?

• Use a missed dose as soon as you think about it.
• If it is close to the time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your normal time.
• Do not use 2 doses or extra doses.

If you think there has been an overdose, call your poison control center or get medical care right away. Be ready to tell or show what was taken, how much, and when it happened.

• If your symptoms or health problems do not get better or if they become worse, call your doctor.
• Do not share your drugs with others and do not take anyone else's drugs.
• Keep a list of all your drugs (prescription, natural products, vitamins, OTC) with you. Give this list to your doctor.
• Talk with the doctor before starting any new drug, including prescription or OTC, natural products, or vitamins.
• Some drugs may have another patient information leaflet. Check with your pharmacist. If you have any questions about this medicine, please talk with your doctor, nurse, pharmacist, or other health care provider.
• If you think there has been an overdose, call your poison control center or get medical care right away. Be ready to tell or show what was taken, how much, and when it happened.

This information should not be used to decide whether or not to take nicotine patch or any other medicine. Only the healthcare provider has the knowledge and training to decide which medicines are right for a specific patient. This information does not endorse any medicine as safe, effective, or approved for treating any patient or health condition. This is only a brief summary of general information about this medicine. It does NOT include all information about the possible uses, directions, warnings, precautions, interactions, adverse effects, or risks that may apply to nicotine patch. This information is not specific medical advice and does not replace information you receive from the healthcare provider. You must talk with the healthcare provider for complete information about the risks and benefits of using this medicine.

Review Date: October 4, 2017

Nicotine, 21mg delivered over 24 hours

If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, only use this medicine on the advice of your health care provider. Smoking can seriously harm your child. Try to stop smoking without using any nicotine replacement medicine. This medicine is believed to be safer than smoking. However, the risks to your child from this medicine are not fully known.

Do not use

• If you continue to smoke, chew tobacco, use snuff, or use a nicotine gum or other nicotine containing products

Ask a doctor before use if you have

• heart disease, recent heart attack, or irregular heartbeat. Nicotine can increase your heart rate.
• high blood pressure not controlled with medication. Nicotine can increase your blood pressure.
• an allergy to adhesive tape or have skin problems because you are more likely to get rashes

Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are

• using a non-nicotine stop smoking drug
• taking a prescription medicine for depression or asthma. Your prescription dose may need to be adjusted.

When using this product

• do not smoke even when not wearing the patch. The nicotine in your skin will still be entering your blood stream for several hours after you take off the patch.
• If you have vivid dreams or other sleep disturbances remove this patch at bedtime

Stop use and ask a doctor if

• skin redness caused by the patch does not go away after four days, or if your skin swells, or you get a rash
• irregular heartbeat or palpitations occur
• you get symptoms of nicotine overdose such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, weakness, and rapid heartbeat

Keep out of reach of children and pets.

Used patches have enough nicotine to poison children and pets. If swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away. Dispose of the used patches by folding sticky ends together. Replace in pouch and discard.

store at 20 – 25oC (68 – 77oF)

Made in Switzerland

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*NICODERM is a licensed trademark of the GlaxoSmithKline group of companies.

NDC 0363-0194-02

CLEAR Nicotine Transdermal System Patch

Walgreens

STEP 1

21mg delivered over 24 hours

14 Clear Patches

2 WEEK KIT

STOP SMOKING AID

with Behavior Support Program

If you smoke more than 10 cigarettes per day: start with Step 1

If you smoke 10 or less cigarettes per day: start with Step 2

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