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Nicorette is a branded over-the-counter palliative treatment which is used to ameliorate the withdrawal effects involved in quitting smoking. Originally available as a patch for topical application, it was later made available as a chewing gum (composed of nicotine polacrilex) and even an inhaler. All these products contain nicotine as the active ingredient and work by delivering this into the bloodstream.

Alternative brand names include Prostep®, Habitrol® Nicotrol®, and Nicoderm®.

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Watson Pharmaceuticals last month partnered with Novartis Consumer Health to promote Watson's nicotine polacrilex gum - Supplier News
From Drug Store News, 3/22/04 by Michael Johnsen

Watson Pharmaceuticals last month partnered with Novartis Consumer Health to promote Watson's nicotine polacrilex gum, in 2 mg and 4 mg strengths.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

"As a result [of this agreement], we are now able to make this product available to those over-the-counter customers we do not currently serve," stated Joe Papa, Watson's president and chief operating officer. Novartis currently markets OTC Habitrol nicotine replacement patches in the United States, as well as nicotine replacement gum under the brand name Nicotinell in the United Kingdom.

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