What Are The Dangers Of Nicotine Patches?

The nicotine patch is a common smoking cessation patch product in life. Many smokers said that compared with the first three days, the desire to smoke after a meal with the nicotine patch has completely disappeared. The nicotine patch has really helped a lot! Do nicotine patches have side effects? What are the dangers of nicotine patches? Below is a brief introduction for you.

What are the dangers of nicotine patches?

The dangers of nicotine patches

At present, there is great uncertainty about the efficacy of smoking cessation treatment with drugs, and its side effects are also varied. What are the dangers of nicotine patches? Can too many nicotine patches cause death? Below is an example for you:

1. Dr. Lerman et al studied certain biomarkers representing nicotine clearance rate (NMR) to test whether they could be used to predict treatment response to nicotine patches or varenicline in quitters, 418 of whom received nicotine Patch and placebo pill treatment, 420 received varenicline and placebo patch, and 408 received placebo pill and placebo patch, while participants also received behavioral coaching, followed by blood samples for analysis.

The results showed that the effect of oral nicotine replacement was better than that of nicotine patch users in normal nicotine metabolizers. At the same time, the researchers also found that oral nicotine replacement drugs in nicotine slow metabolizers can have serious side effects.

2. There is a movie called Thank You for Smoking. The male protagonist is the spokesperson of tobacco. He has provoked public anger because smoking has killed countless people. Finally, he was put in a minivan with nicotine patches all over his body, and then he was put on the lap of a statue of Lincoln to show to the public. Later, the doctor told him that if he was a non-smoker, such a large concentration of nicotine must be dead. Fortunately, you have tolerated it. So, he began to brag that nicotine patches killed people, and the doctor said that smoking saves lives...

Assuming he is 180 cm tall and weighs 80 kg, the calculated body surface area is 2 m^2. The size of the 21 mg / 24 h sustained-release nicotine patch commonly found in the US market is about 18 cm^2, and 1111 patches can be attached when fully loaded; except for the head and private parts, there are also horns and corners that cannot be attached, even if it can be attached to 700 patches .

If it is released at a uniform rate, each tablet releases 0.875 mg per hour, 700 tablets per hour, and a total of 612.5 mg is released per hour. For ordinary people, not to mention death, it is enough to die a few times... Theory is theory, watching movies In the screenshot, the patches in the picture are obviously round, and the patches are very sparse. According to a rough estimate, there are only less than 50 patches. According to 50 sheets, the nicotine released per hour is about 43.75 mg, and the half-life of nicotine in the blood is about 2 hours, that is to say, non-smokers are basically dead, and smokers can tolerate some nicotine, but such a large concentration It is estimated that it is also struggling to death.