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 patch or other nicotine-containing products.
- If you are under 18 years of age. Ask a doctor before use.
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.
- A history of seizures.
- Stomach ulcers or diabetes.
Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are:
- Using a non-nicotine stop-smoking drug.
- Taking prescription medicine for depression or asthma. Your prescription dose may need to be adjusted.
Stop use and ask a doctor if:
- A persistent sore mouth or severe indigestion occurs.
- Irregular heartbeat or palpitations occur.
- You get symptoms of nicotine overdose, such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, diarrhea, weakness, and rapid heartbeat.
Keep out of reach of children and pets:
Nicotine lozenges may have enough nicotine to make children and pets sick. Throw away used lozenge remnants in the trash. In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.