HomeNewsNicotine Patches Fail Most Pregnant Smokers
March 1, 2012 Nicotine replacement therapy is widely used to help smokers kick the habit, but new research published in the New England Journal of Medicine raises major doubts about its effectiveness during pregnancy. The largest clinical trial ever to examine the use of nicotine patches in this setting found little evidence that treatment helps pregnant women stop smoking. Adherence to therapy was very low, with fewer than 1 in 10 women still wearing the patches after one month. Most women who smoke are highly motivated to stop when they become pregnant, but many are not successful. Researcher Tim Coleman, MD, of the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, says it is clear that standard-dose nicotine replacement therapy is not a useful strategy for helping them achieve their goal. And at this point, it’s not clear if nicotine replacement is totally safe for pregnant women. “These women had high-quality behavioral support, yet most of them only stayed on the treatment for two to four weeks,” Coleman says. “This suggests that either they did not trust that the treatment was safe for their babies or that it wasn’t working for them.”
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