Combination Therapy
What is Combination Therapy in Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)?
Nicotine Replacement Combination therapy means using couple of Nicotine Replacement products together. If you have extensive carving you can use a nicotine patch along with an oral NRT product.
Combination therapy is often more effective as it will reduce the chance of your carving. Say you are using a nicotine patch and it takes some time to build up the effective dose of nicotine. By this time you might find yourself in a serious carving situation. You can have a Nicotine Mouth Spray. This will help you to control yourself in a carving situation.
The time frame of a combination therapy is 8 to 12 weeks.
The effectiveness of Nicotine Replacement Combination Therapy
The effectiveness of combination therapy is always better than other single form of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). If you are a chain smoker and you have huge carving for nicotine then this method will be good for you.
In combination therapy you always have a stand by solution for your immediate carving. Say you are using nicotine patches but somehow that is not working and you are in serious carving. In that time you can have Nicotine Mouth Spray for quick reaction.
For example, some cravings can be tricky to deal with early in the morning before your nicotine patch has had time to work. With combination therapy, you can reach for your oral NRT to beat the craving.
Is combination therapy safe?
Yes it is safe but even though you can discuss with your doctor or pharmacist. Nicotine doses in NRT products are comparatively much lower than a nicotine dose we find in a burning cigarette. So there is very small chance for being overdosed. As long as the combination therapy is suitable for you, there is almost no increased risk of side effects.