Nicorette QuickMist Nicotine Spray helps quit smoking quickly
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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A mouth spray that delivers nicotine to the body faster than a band-aid or chewing gum will help smokers to say goodbye quickly to a bad habit.
The study was funded by McNeil AB, which produces nicotine oral spray Nicorette QuickMist.
Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is one of the ways to help quit smoking, involving the use of patches, chewing gum, sugar candies or a spray for the nose. All these funds have been on the market for a long time, but the mouth spray is a new product, so far rarely seen in pharmacies. It has a number of advantages over other means: it quickly supplies the body with nicotine, causes less irritation than the nasal spray, it can be used at any time to alleviate the withdrawal syndrome. However, until now little was known about how oral spray helps to forget about addiction.
Doctors from the Gentofte hospital in Copenhagen (Denmark) and their colleagues from the clinics at the universities of Heidelberg and Tübingen (both Germany) conducted a control test of nicotine aerosol throughout the year. 479 smokers were divided into two groups: for twelve weeks, one passed NRT with oral spray, and the other used a placebo spray containing the alkaloid capsaicin simulating a burning sensation from nicotine. In addition, subjects received some recommendations to help quit smoking.
It was necessary to use the spray when it was time to smoke or feel craving for a cigarette, but no more than four "pshikov" per hour and no more than 64 per day. Whether participants abstain from smoking, the researchers checked with the help of breath analysis and saliva.
The results showed that almost 14% of smokers who used a spray for the mouth managed to survive without smoking for a year. The index is small, but in comparison with other drugs, oral spray was much more effective. Among those who used a placebo-aerosol, the number of people who quit smoking for a year was about 6%.
All participants gained weight by the 24th week of the study: on average, the increase in the nicotine group was 4.9 kg, and in the placebo group, 4.2 kg. Both of them complained of mild and moderate side effects, but most often complaints came from the "nicotine" group, which experienced hiccups, throat irritation, nausea and heavy salivation.
Experts recommend that with nicotine replacement therapy, give preference to oral spray, and use a set of measures to alleviate the withdrawal symptoms and forget about smoking for a long time - maybe forever.
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