Consult your doctor before using this product if you have or have had heart, thyroid, circulation, stomach, or throat or mouth problems, high blood pressure, or if you are taking insulin or any prescription medicine. Do not use for more than six months without consulting a doctor. Consult your dentist or doctor if injury or irritation to the mouth, teeth or gum around dentures occurs. Consult your doctor if you have difficulty in reducing the quantity of gum. In case of overdose or if a child chews or swallows one or more pieces of nicotine gum, contact your doctor or local poison control centre at once.
Young children are especially sensitive to the effects of even small doses of nicotine.
Symptoms of an overdose include nausea, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, cold sweat, dizziness, disturbed hearing and vision, mental confusion, rapid heartbeat, difficulty breathing and marked weakness. This labelling standard describes those requirements that are specific to this class of drugs. Other requirements described in the Regulations to the Food and Drugs Act and in the Guide for the Labelling of Drugs for Human Use should also be met. USP DI, Advice for the Patient, 15th Edition, 1995. USP DI, Drug Information for the Health Care Professional, 15th Edition, 1995.