(I'm in the US)
2007-06-14 02:52:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Yes you can. Just about every grocery/drug store carries them. They work too! I recommend the Nicoderm ones.
2007-06-14 02:57:50 · answer #1 · answered by Exceedingly Happy Gopher » 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
For those who yearn to break their cigarette addiction but don't fancy a trip to the doctor's office, the ability to get the nicotine patch without a physician's prescription may be just what the doctor ordered.
Until less than a year ago, the nicotine patch was available by prescription (Rx) only. In July 1996, the Food and Drug Administration approved the "switch" of the Nicotrol patch to over-the-counter (OTC) status, following on the heels of a February 1996 switch of another stop-smoking aid containing nicotine, Nicorette gum. Then, on Aug. 2, FDA approved the switch of a second nicotine patch, Nicoderm CQ.
The patch and gum join more than 600 other OTC drugs that, according to the Nonprescription Drug Manufacturers Association, would have required a prescription only 20 years ago. The 600-plus products are now available without a prescription because FDA, in cooperation with panels of outside experts, determined they could be used safely and effectively without a doctor's supervision.
2007-06-14 10:03:21 · answer #2 · answered by Robert S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy them over the counter
2007-06-14 09:55:59 · answer #3 · answered by MiCopChick 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can buy them over the counter.
2007-06-15 12:49:08 · answer #4 · answered by Candi Apples 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
over the counter
2007-06-14 10:27:46 · answer #5 · answered by traveller 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get them at pretty much any drug store out on the shelf :) Good luck!!
2007-06-14 11:33:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they're available otc, but read the directions before you start using them.
2007-06-14 10:03:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋