Nicotine patches are an important form of “nicotine replacement therapy,” used in people who are physically dependent on nicotine.
They can be an important component of the treatment of tobacco/nicotine use disorder. The use of nicotine patches doubles the chances of a person quitting tobacco smoking.
I hope you have been recommending nicotine replacement therapy (and other treatments) to all your patients with tobacco/nicotine use disorder? We must!
On this page, we provide detailed and clear instructions that clinicians can give to their patients about how to correctly use nicotine patches to maximize their effectiveness and minimize the risk of any harms from using them.