drug: nicotine

• Clinical class: nicotine replacement, smoking cessation aid
• Source: tobacco
• Route of administration: smoked, chewed, cheeked
• CSA schedule: none
• DEA number: none
• Availability: regulated retail, over the counter
• Associated with (substance-related): disorders
• NIDA Information
• MEDLINEplus^® Drug Information: inhaled
• MEDLINEplus^® Drug Information: nasal
• MEDLINEplus^® Drug Information: patch
• MEDLINEplus^® Drug Information: gum

U. S. Preparations:

• Commit (GlaxoSmithKline) FDA approved for treatment of: (over-the-counter) for adults 18 years of age and older, to reduce withdrawal symptoms, including nicotine craving, associated with quitting smoking. 10.29.2002
• Habitrol^® (Ciba) FDA approved for treatment of: smoking (nicotine withdrawal)
• Nicabate
• Nicoderm^® (GlaxoSmithKline) FDA approved for treatment of: smoking (nicotine withdrawal)
• Nicorette^® (GlaxoSmithKline) FDA approved for treatment of: smoking (nicotine withdrawal) Rx to OTC switch 2.9.1996
• Nicotrol^® (McNeil Consumer) FDA approved for treatment of: smoking (nicotine withdrawal) 7.3.1996

Also: takes its name from Jean Nicot

• nicotine replacement therapy
• Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

• The Insider DVD 1999 Russel Crowe, Al Pacino The story of Dr. Jeffrey Wigand's exposure of the tobacco industry with 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman Prism Award Winner

• Thank You for Smoking (Full Screen Edition) DVD 2006 Joan Lunden, Eric Haberman Prism Award Winner