Possible side effects of nicotine patch: All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor. Side Effects; During Pregnancy or Breastfeeding; Dosage Information; Drug Interactions; Support Group. Nicotine transdermal (OTC) Brand and Other Names: Nicoderm CQ, Nicotrol. Classes: Smoking Cessation Aids. Dosing & Uses; Adverse Effects; Warnings. NiQuitin patches (nicotine). If NRT is used during pregnancy, forms such as gum. Use of nicotine replacement products during.
- Smoking during pregnancy can cause serious health problems in a mother and her baby.
- Some nicotine side effects may not need any medical attention. The nicotine patch was reduced to 14 mg/d on Day 16. Side Effects; During Pregnancy or Breastfeeding; Dosage Information.
- Executive function profile in the offspring of women that smoked during pregnancy. Persistent effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy on lung. Smoking and pregnancy.
- Nicorette invisi patches (nicotine). If NRT is used during pregnancy, forms such as gum.
- Transdermal Nicotine Patch Brand Name Transdermal Nicotine Patch. Although most of the side effects listed below don't happen very often. This medication should not be used during pregnancy.
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Nicotine Patch OK For Pregnant Women . Women who just can't quit smoking during pregnancy can now safely turn to nicotine patches for help. A new study has found this popular anti- smoking strategy is safe for both baby and mom, particularly during the third trimester, which is when most smoking- related complications occur. Paul Ogburn, lead author and director of maternal- fetal medicine at State University of New York at Stony Brook. Smoking during pregnancy has been known to dramatically increase the risk of premature delivery and perinatal mortality, says Ogburn.
It can also cause low birth weight and, in the mother, a condition known as abruptio placenta - - where the birth sac that nourishes the baby pulls away from the mother's uterus, increasing the risk of miscarriage and premature birth. While the nicotine patch lets at least one of the potentially harmful chemicals found in cigarettes enter a woman's body, Ogburn believes it's still far less harmful than smoking. This is a serious congenital malformation that often leads to infant death.
Obstetrician Dr. Andrei Rebarber agrees with Ogburn's assessment: . The women were offered a nicotine patch on the first of a four- day hospital stay, and they continued to use the therapy at home for eight consecutive weeks. During this same time period, the women underwent weekly ultrasound exams to check on the health of the baby.
They were also asked to regularly take an exhalation test, which was used to determine whether they were still smoking. The final result: Ogburn reports all the babies had normal birth weights. However, all the babies were also born a few weeks premature. Ogburn admits the study did not take into account any damage that may have occurred during the first two trimesters when the women were still smoking. Only eight of the 2. Still, the study did prove what it set out to accomplish: .
For the woman who smokes only a few cigarettes a day, he says, continuing to smoke is probably safer than using the patch, which would obviously deliver far more nicotine than she is getting from her cigarettes. Society for Maternal- Fetal Medicine annual meeting, New Orleans. Colette Bouchez is an award winning medical journalist with more than twenty years experience. She is the former medical writer for the New York Daily News, and the top selling author of The V Zone, co- author of Getting Pregnant, Your Perfectly Pampered Pregnancy and upcoming book, Your Perfectly Pampered Menopause.
Currently a daily medical correspondent for Health. Day News Service/The New York Times Syndicate, and Web. MD, her popular consumer health articles appear daily online, as well as in newspapers nationwide and in Europe and Japan. She is a regular contributor to USAToday. ABCNews. com, MSNBC. She lives in New York City. Copyright . Permission to republish granted to Pregnancy.