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Table 4 The ten most frequent treatment pathways of study population (N = 38,954)

From: General practitioner prescribing of single and combination nicotine replacement therapy in the UK: a retrospective database study

 

First NRT episode

Second NRT episode

Third NRT episode

n

%

 

First-line

Add-on

Second-line

Add-on

Third-line

Add-on

  

1

21 mg/24 hours patches

None

None

None

None

None

5,906

15.16

2

15 mg/16 hours patches

None

None

None

None

None

3,771

9.68

3

14 mg/24 hours patches

None

None

None

None

None

2,185

5.61

4

10 mg/16 hours patches

None

None

None

None

None

1,486

3.81

5

25 mg/16 hours patches

None

None

None

None

None

1,412

3.62

6

21 mg/24 hours patches & 10 mg inhalator

None

None

None

None

None

1,280

3.29

7

25 mg/16 hours patches & 10 mg inhalator

None

None

None

None

None

1,047

2.69

8

15 mg/16 hours patches & 10 mg inhalator

None

None

None

None

None

966

2.48

9

21 mg/24 hours patches

7 mg/24 hours patches & 14 mg/24 hours patches

None

None

None

None

741

1.90

10

21 mg/24 hours patches

14 mg/24 hours patches

None

None

None

None

716

1.84