Method for the treatment of withdrawal symptoms associated with smoking cessation and preparations for use in said method
Abstract:
A preparation for the once-daily, percutaneous administration of nicotine comprises nicotine uniformly distributed in a solid, semi-solid or mucilaginous medium which can be placed in intimate contact with the skin, the solid, semi-solid or mucilaginous medium is formed by adding a given amount of nicotine to a solution of a solidifying or gel-forming agent or mixture thereon in a suitable solvent or mixture of solvents and mixing or heating the mixture thereby obtained so as to form the solid, semi-solid or mucilaginous medium. The preparation can be used in a method of treating withdrawal symptoms associated with smoking cessation and for combating the psychological dependence that occurs through frequency smoking.
Inventor(s):
Bannon; Yvonne B. (Naas, IE), Corish; John (Leopardstown, IE), Corrigan; Owen I. (Howth, IE), Geoghegan; Edward J. (Athlone, IE), Masterson; Joseph G. (Dublin, IE)
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