Nicotrol Inhaler Questions

[coffmanphillip]

So I'm 3 days into my quit journey, the one withdrawal symptom I have always hated when quitting in the past is the pain in my chest, I also deal with anxiety and dealing with anxiety and chest pain in a time of covid can make you go off the deep end, right before thanksgiving I got a virus that wasn't covid and after dealing with that for 2 weeks I got gastritis, and  it took 2 ER visits for them to diagnose it and the first opening a specialist has in my area is the beginning of January. and I'm trying to get the vaccine but I have been dealing with sinus issues on top of all of this so the doctors say I'm ok to get it but the Pharmacist says no.  Sorry if I gave to much background info lol, I guess the question I am wondering is how do you know when the Nicotrol cartridge is empty? the prescribing directions say use 1 cartridge every 2 hours, but the most cartridges I've used so far is 3 in 24 hours, it's probably dumb to ask this but am I doing something wrong?

[CommunityAdmin · Accepted solution]

Nicotine (Inhalation Route) Proper Use - Mayo Clinic  This article may provide some guidance. It will apparently last 20 mins of active puffing. Otherwise you could consult the manufacturer directly. I'm sure they have information on their website.

[coffmanphillip]

Thanks Mark, this helped the brochure in the package said sorta the same thing, but the link clarified what the brochure didn't

Thank you

[Maki · Accepted solution]

Happy to see you are asking questions @coffmanphillip  They got me curious too as I did not use an NRT but wanted to know more about the questions you asked . 

I found this very informative site from I believe the manufacturers of the inhaler and very interesting information that may be of help for you to know . A long read but an important one . 

https://cdn.pfizer.com/pfizercom/products/uspi_nicotrol_inhaler.pdf

[coffmanphillip]

Thanks @Maki 

I found this really helpful as well thank you, I've been a basket case deal with all my other issues that I didn't think to look on the manufactures website

Thank you!