Method of providing fast relief to a user of a nicotine chewing gum
AssigneeFertin Pharma A/S
InventorCarsten Andersen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of relieving nicotine craving comprising the steps of providing at least one chewing gum comprising tobacco alkaloid to a user, providing relief of nicotine craving to said user by transferring of tobacco alkaloid from the chewing gum to the human body of said user by chewing of said chewing gum, said chewing of said chewing gum comprising a chewing process involving a transfer of tobacco alkaloid from said chewing gum above a threshold transfer rate in the period of about ½ minute to about 2½ minutes from initiation of said chewing process.
Claims39
Chewing gum for release of tobacco alkaloid,
- wherein said chewing gum comprises flavour in an amount of about 0.001 to about 30% by weight and sweeteners in an amount of about 2% to about 80% by weight, wherein said chewing gum comprises elastomers in an amount of about 0.1 to about 10% by weight of the chewing gum,
- wherein said chewing gum comprises elastomer plasticizers in an amount of about 2 to about 30% by weight of the chewing gum, and
- wherein at least 2% of the tobacco alkaloid comprised in said chewing gum prior to chewing will be in vitro released within every 30 seconds in the period from ½ minutes to about 2½ minutes from initiation of a chewing process on a chewing machine in accordance with European Pharmacopeia 4th. ed. 2.9.25, with a phosphate buffer with a pH of 7.4.
Chewing gum according to dam 1, wherein said chewing gum comprises fillers in an amount of from about 0 to about 60% by weight, flavour in an amount of about 0.001 to about 30% by weight and sweeteners in an amount of about 2 to about 80% by weight.
Chewing gum according to dam 1, wherein said chewing gum comprises 2-4 mg of nicotine.
Chewing gum for release of nicotine comprising:
- elastomers in an amount of 39% by weight if the chewing gum,
- elastomer plasticizers in an amount of 20% by weight of the chewing gum,
- waxes in an amount of 8% by weight of the chewing gum,
- softeners in an amount of 6% by weight of the chewing gum,
- glycerin in an amount of 1% by weight of the chewing gum,
- calcium carbonate in an amount of 25% by weight of the chewing gum,
- bulk sweetener in amount of 20% by weight of the chewing gum,
- nicotine compound in an amount of 1.4% by weight of the chewing gum,
- buffer in an amount of about 3.0% by weight of the chewing gum,
- high intensity sweeteners in an amount of 0.3% by weight of the chewing gum,
- flavors in an amount of 3.2% by weight of the chewing gum and
- anti-oxidant in an amount of 0.1% by weight of the chewing gum.
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