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Smoking cessation - Management
How do I follow up someone who is pregnant or breastfeeding who has started treatment to stop smoking?
- For women stopping smoking without nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), review within 7 days of the stop date and offer NRT to those who have not stopped smoking or who are having difficulty not smoking.
- For women stopping smoking completely with NRT, review within 2 weeks of their stop date:
- For those who continue to smoke, reassess their readiness to quit by asking them whether they would like help to continue with their quit attempt. Continue treatment if they demonstrate a continuing attempt to stop. Treat for up to 12 weeks after stopping smoking.
- For those with adverse effects from treatment, consider reducing their dose, or changing the formulation.
- For those with significant nicotine withdrawal symptoms on treatment, consider increasing the dose of NRT (up to the maximum licensed dose that is tolerated).
- For women remaining smoke free and managing well review each month and prescribe further NRT for up to 12 weeks.
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