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- From: rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu (David Rind)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Nicotine Withdrawal Help Needed
- Message-ID: <2338@hsdndev.UUCP>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 14:34:48 GMT
- References: <8283@news.duke.edu> <72611@cup.portal.com>
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- Organization: Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston Mass., USA
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- In article <72611@cup.portal.com> mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
- writes:
- >Are you not using the patch for this reason? You can cut the patch dosage
- >in half by taking a scissors and cutting the patch in half. Just use half
- >of it at a time (or whatever you feel the correct dosage is).
-
- Are you sure of this? I was under the impression that it was not
- generally safe to cut transdermal patches (whether nicotine or anything
- else). Two people have posted this as a possible solution. Nicotine
- overdose can be fairly serious, so I wouldn't suggest anyone try this
- unless someone can confirm that it's safe.
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- David Rind
- rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu
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