Nicorette

For other uses, see Nicorette (disambiguation).

Nicorette
Product typeNicotine replacement therapy product
Owner
CountrySweden
Introduced1978; 46 years ago (1978)
MarketsWorldwide
Previous owners
Websitenicorette.com

Nicorette is the brand name of a number of products for nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) that contain nicotine polacrilex. Developed in the late 1970s in Sweden by AB Leo [sv] in the form of a chewing gum, Nicorette was the first nicotine replacement product on the market.[1]

The product range encompasses chewing gum,[2][3][4][5] lozenges,[3][4] patches[5] of two kinds (transparent and non-transparent),[3] oral spray (Nicorette QuickMist),[6] inhalator,[3][5] sublingual tablets (Nicorette Microtab)[3] and nasal spray.[3][7]

Nicotine replacement products including gum and transdermal patches are on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[8]

The brand name "Nicorette" comes from "nicotine" and Swedish: rette, "right way".[9]

  1. ^ Fagerstöm K, Axelsson A, Sorelius L (September–October 2008). "In memoriam of Ove Fernö – the inventor of NRT and The Past, Present, and Future of NRT" (PDF). Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Newsletter. Vol. 14, no. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014. During the late 1960s and 70s he was responsible for the development of the first NR product – a chewing gum
  2. ^ "Nicotine replacement therapy". Nurse Prescribers' Formulary for Community Practitioners. Pharmaceutical Press. 2013. p. 16. ISBN 978-0857111258. Retrieved 25 December 2014. (Google Books)
  3. ^ a b c d e f "4.10.2 Nicotine dependence: Nicotine". BNF for Children (BNFC) 2014-2015. Pharmaceutical Press. 2014. p. 244. ISBN 9780857111364. Retrieved 25 December 2014. (Google Books)
  4. ^ a b Edney A (12 June 2014). "E-Cigarettes May Get Advantage for Not Containing Tobacco". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  5. ^ a b c Higgins A (9 November 2013). "Aided by Army of 'Vapers', E-Cigarette Industry Woos and Wins Europe". The New York Times. Brussels. p. 2. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  6. ^ Norton A (27 February 2012). "Nicotine quick-fix mouth spray helps some quitters". Reuters. New York. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  7. ^ Rutter P (2013). "Nicorette". Community Pharmacy: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 320. ISBN 9780702054730.
  8. ^ World Health Organization (2023). The selection and use of essential medicines 2023: web annex A: World Health Organization model list of essential medicines: 23rd list (2023). Geneva: World Health Organization. hdl:10665/371090. WHO/MHP/HPS/EML/2023.02.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Swedish was invoked but never defined (see the help page).